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    Armenian Speaker, senior OSCE officials discuss Karabakh, regional security

    Noyan Tapan news agency
    28 Feb 05

    Yerevan, 28 February: Speaker of the Armenian National Assembly Artur
    Bagdasaryan met OSCE Secretary- General Jan Kubis on 25 February.

    In the light of democratic developments in Armenia, Jan Kubis
    pointed to the importance of constitutional and electoral reforms
    and promised the OSCE's support in this issue. He also outlined the
    reforms to be carried out in the OSCE, and the Armenian speaker said
    Armenia supported any reforms that would make the work of the OSCE
    more effective.

    At Kubis's request, the chairman of the Armenian National Assembly also
    touched on the Nagornyy Karabakh issue, saying that Armenia stands for
    a negotiated settlement of the conflict and wants the conflict to be
    resolved within the OSCE framework because this organization has the
    best understanding of the history and peculiarities of the issue. The
    sides pointed to the importance of meetings and negotiations between
    the Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents and to the involvement of
    the NKR [Nagornyy Karabakh Republic] in the negotiating process.

    During a meeting with the chairman of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly,
    Alcee Hastings, the sides discussed issues related to security
    and cooperation in the South Caucasus region. The sides stressed
    the importance of democratic reforms and European integration and
    pointed to the implementation of specific programmes between the
    OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and the Armenian National Assembly in
    three areas: permanent OSCE support for Armenia's legislative reform,
    exchange of experience and information for the benefit of standing
    commissions of the National Assembly and its administrative staff,
    and conducting an international parliamentary conference under
    the auspices of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly to mark the 15th
    anniversary of the Armenian parliament.

    [Passage omitted: Bagdasaryan's other meetings on the sidelines of
    the visit to Austria]
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