YEREVAN, OCTOBER 30, NOYAN TAPAN. Representatives of the Central Office of the Armenian National Congress (ANC) Levon Zurabian, David Shahnazarian, Avetis Avagian, and Vladimir Karapetian on October 28 had a meeting with the European Union's Special Representative to the South Caucasus Peter Semneby, the Lithuanian Ambassador Giedrius Apuokas, and the Head of the EU Delegation in Armenia Raul de Lutzenberger. As NT was informed by the ANC Central Office, the current state and the prospects of the Armenian-Turkish relations and the Karabakh conflict settlement were discussed at the meeting. The interlocutors spoke in detail about the state of democracy in Armenia, in particular, the issues related to the release of political prisoners, the freedom of assembly and the mass media, and the fight against corruption.

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