During PACE (Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe) winter session, launched on January 23, representative of the European People's Party Pedro Agramunt was re-elected as PACE President for one-year term. No other candidates have run for the position, Panorama.am reports.
According to the PACE statute the presidency is transmitted to the parties sequentially. The president is elected for one-year term which is extended for another year.
Deputy Speaker of the Armenian Parliament, Head of the Armenian delegation to PACE Hermine Naghdalyan has been re-elected as Vice-President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) during today’s plenary session.
The Office of the Deputy Speaker of the RA National Assembly reminds that Hermine Naghdalyan has assumed the post of the PACE Vice-President since 25 January 2016 and pursuant to the PACE statute she will remain in office until the opening of the next session.