On February 28, the Human Rights Defender Ms. Anahit
Manasyan received Mr. Ivo Balinov, Regional Director, Asia and Europe of the
Parliamentary Center (Canada), and Mr. Hovhannes Margaryants, the local
coordinator of the "Support to the Parliament of Armenia" project
The purpose of the meeting was to summarize the
activities carried out in the framework of the "Support to the Parliament
of Armenia" program in the direction of the protection of the rights of
persons with disabilities and to outline the joint projects to be implemented
in the near future with the Office of the Human Rights Defender and their priorities.
Welcoming the guests, the Defender highly appreciated the
bilateral cooperation in the field of human rights protection and emphasized
the importance of joint activities aimed at improving the state of protection
of the rights of persons with disabilities.
The guests, in turn, expressed their gratitude to Ms.
Anahit Manasyan for the reception, emphasizing the continuous implementation of
joint programs in the field of human rights protection.
The parties agreed to continue sectoral cooperation
through the implementation of joint projects.