Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan, during meeting today in Yerevan with Kimmo Kiljunen and Boriana Åberg, Co-Rapporteurs on Armenia of the Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, referred to the forced deportation of more than 100,000 Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh and the resulting humanitarian situation, as well as the steps taken by the Armenian government to overcome it.

Pashinyan, according to his office, welcomed the visit of the co-rapporteurs to Armenia and emphasized the close cooperation of the Armenian government and the Council of Europe, particularly to promote democratic reforms in the country.