ARKA News Agency
Nov 15 2004
Armenian Foreign Ministry expressed condolences to Ashot Kochartan,
the Press Secretary of RA President in connection with the decease of
his mother
Members of Ago Group meet the Armenian delegation in PACE
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ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY EXPRESSED CONDOLENCES TO ASHOT KOCHARTAN,
THE PRESS SECRETARY OF RA PRESIDENT IN CONNECTION WITH THE DECEASE OF
HIS MOTHER
YEREVAN, November 15. /ARKA/. The RA Foreign Ministry expressed
condolences to Ashot Kocharyan, the Press Secretary of RA President
on the part of the managerial personnel of RA Foreign Ministry and
diplomatic representations of Armenia abroad in connection with the
decease of his mother, Lora Kocharyan, according to the Department of
Information and Press of RA Foreign Ministry. The press release
states that Lora Kocharyan died of a serious illness on the night of
November 15. L.V.-0 –
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MEMBERS OF AGO GROUP MEET THE ARMENIAN DELEGATION IN PACE
YEREVAN, November 15. /ARKA/. The monitoring group of the European
Council Committee of Ministers, `Ago Group’ at the head of the German
Ambassador in the Council of Europe Roland Vegener met the Armenian
delegation to PACE in RA NA on November 13. According to RA NA Press
Service Department, the delegation included the Ambassadors of
Switzerland, Sweden and Turkey to the Council of Europe. The resident
representative of Armenia in the Council of Europe Christian
Ter-Stepanian participated in the meeting.
The Head of the Armenian delegation in PACE, Vice -Speaker of RA NA
Tigran Torosyan introduced the procedure of compliance with the
commitments in details, as well as the schedule of adoption of some
laws. It was noted that the Election Code was adopted in the first
reading, and joint conclusions of experts from Venetian commission
and those from OSCE were received. All of 30 suggestions, contained
in the conclusion, are admissible for Armenia, according to Torosyan.
At the beginning of December, discussions of draft laws with the
participation of experts from Venetian commission and OSCE are
planned to be held in Yerevan. After that, the draft laws will be
discussed in the Parliament in the second reading.
Speaking of the process of constitutional reforms, Torosyan noted
that three drafts of the Constitution are under consideration. All of
the drafts are sent to the Venetian Commission for expertise.
Irrespective of the package of constitutional amendments submitted to
the referendum in 2003, the present package of amendments will
undergo three readings in the Parliament. The new referendum on
constitutional amendments is supposed to be held in June 2005.
“Ago Group” noted the importance of cooperation between the
opposition and the coalition around two main documents. Expressing
his consent about it, Torosyan noted that the political majority
stated of their readiness to approve constitutional reforms and the
Election Code by consensus, which is rejected by the opposition.
Nevertheless, according to the participants of the meeting, it’s not
late to begin cooperation in the framework of two documents of
special importance for the country.
`Ago Group’ was founded in Jan 2001 simultaneously with Armenia’s
becoming a member of the Council of Europe. Ago Group is engaged in
monitoring of the procedure of Armenia’s complying with the
commitments to the Council of Europe and it operates in the framework
of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. The group is
coordinated by the Ambassador of Italy to the Council of Europe
Pietro Ercole Ago. The last visit of Ago Group to Armenia was in
February 2004. A.H. -0–
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress