On May 11 Mher Shahgeldyan, Chairman of the NA Standing Committee on Defence, National Security and Internal Affairs received the delegation headed by Lord Max Rufus Mosley, International Automobile Federation.

Lord Mosley noted that the goal of the visit to Armenia is to deepen the cooperation with the National Council of International Automobile Federation, as well as support Armenia in the sphere’s reforming. It was noted that the Federation implements programmes of road security in about 40 countries of the world, cooperating with UN and World Bank, and in April 2007 the week of UN road security would take place.

An example of successful cooperation was given to France, where last year as a result of accidents the number of the victims decreased from 7500 to 5000, and corruption considerably reduced.

Mr. Shahgeldyan highlighted the necessity of the reforms in the road security sphere, noting that Armenia took considerable steps in this direction. In this context the clarification of the legislative field, the technical upgrading of the sphere, training of human resources, rise of public awareness, the role of NGOs was highlighted.

During the meeting the sides discussed other issues of bilateral interest.