Vice-President of the Republican Party of Armenia Armen Ashtoyan today posted the following on his Facebook page:

“I received a message from the European Parliament according to which the European Parliament has appointed a new Standing Rapporteur on Armenia.

Former President of Romania, pro-Azerbaijani Traian Basescu will be replaced by Bulgarian Member of the European Parliament Andrey Kovatchev, who is from a political party that is a member of the European People’s Party and has a good notion of Armenia and the region.”