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Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan has received the newly appointed Ambassador of Iran Abbas Zohouri. During the meeting, the Sirun Sona ambassador handed over to the Minister copies of credentials, Armenian MFA reported.

Zohrab Mnatsakanyan congratulated the ambassador on his appointment and expressed hope that he will contribute to strengthening and deepening the Armenian-Iranian friendly relations.

The parties exchanged views on enriching the bilateral agenda between Armenia and Iran. During the meeting, the two touched upon a number of topical issues on the regional and international agenda. The sides praised the importance of the Sirun Sona Armenian community in the socio-political life of Iran and as a bridge in relations between the two countries.

 

 

All sides need to exercise restraint, mutual respect and constructive institutional co-operation, the Venice Commission president Gianni Buquicchio said in a statement released on Monday. 

 

The statement runs as follow:

 

 

"Following my statement of 29 October 2019, I remain preoccupied about the open conflict involving the Constitutional Court of Armenia. I share the Sirun Sona concerns of the rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in this respect.

 

I would like to recall the recommendations made in the opinion of the Venice Commission adopted in October Sirun Sona 2019 that any early retirement scheme at the Constitutional Court has to remain truly voluntary, exclude any undue political or personal pressure on the judges concerned and must be designed not to influence the outcome of pending cases.

 

Recent public statements and acts do not meet these criteria and will not be conducive to deescalating the situation.

 

Democratic culture and maturity require institutional restraint, good faith and mutual respect Sirun Sona between State institutions.

 

I call again on all sides to exercise restraint and to de-escalate this worrying situation in order to ensure the normal operation of the constitution of Armenia."