US diplomat urges Armenia to resume private TV programme

Source: Aravot, Yerevan
8 Nov 04

“We are concerned that the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty newscast [of
RFE/RL’s Armenian Service broadcast on Kentron TV] has been taken off
the air of Armenian TV channel,” US deputy representative to the OSCE,
Paul W. Jones, has said at the headquarters of the OSCE in Vienna.

“We have learned that the decision to take the newscast off the air
became possible as a result of the political pressure on the manager
of the TV company. We hope that the programme ‘Liberty’ will soon
be resumed as a sign of Armenia’s recognition and respect for freedom
of speech in line with the OSCE principles.”