On October 21, Security Council Secretary Armen Grigoryan met with Andrey Kovachev, permanent rapporteur on Armenian affairs in the European Parliament.  As reported by the SC office, the chairman of the RA NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations, MP Eduard Aghajanyan and the head of the EU delegation in RA, Ambassador Andrea Victorin, were also present at the meeting.

 The Secretary of the Security Council welcomed Andrey Kovachev’s visit to Armenia and expressed confidence that mutual cooperation will contribute to a positive result.

 The Secretary of the Security Council presented the aggression unleashed by the Azerbaijani troops on September 13 and its consequences, as well as some details of the negotiation process.  The secretary also emphasized RA’s readiness to continue democratic reforms also as a security component.