VICE SPEAKER OF ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT, MEMBER OF ARFD BUREAU VAHAN
HOVHANNISSYAN COMMENTS ON REPORT BY DAVID ATKINSON ON KARABAKH

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 7. ARMINFO. Head of the Armenian delegation to PACE,
Vice Speaker of the Armenian Parliament Tigran Torosyan was to inform
political forces of the preliminary version of British Rapporteur David
Atkinson’s report on Karabakh yet before the session of PACE Political
Committee. Vice Speaker of the Armenian Parliament, the member of
ARFD Bureau Vahan Hovhannissyan said at a press-conference, Tuesday.

In his words, if informed of the report, the Armenian MPs would
be able to elaborate a single position in this issue and to more
effectively come out at a session of the Committee. Hovhannissyan
stated that yet before the draft report of Atkinson was made public,
ARFD was warning that the report would not be within the interests
of the Armenian party, as Great Britain and Azerbaijan were linked
with petroleum ties. Unfortunately, we proved to be right, the report
by David Atkinson is even worse than that prepared by Terry Davis,
Hovhannissyan said.