REELECTION OF ARMENIAN REP. TO STAFF OF BUREAU OF CE STEERING
COMMITTEE “OPENING TO EUROPE” FOR YOUTH OF NAGORNY KARABAKH

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 22. ARMINFO. Deputy Minister for Culture and Youth
Affairs of Armenia Lilit Asatryan is reelected to the staff of the
Bureau of the CE Steering Committee for Youth Affairs.

Speaking at today’s press conference, Lilit Asatryan said that
representatives of Azerbaijan, Ukraine, France, Greece, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Russia had also applied for the post. She said that her
reelection to the staff allowed raising the issue of including the
youth of Nagorny Karabakh to the activity of the CE. Azerbaijani
representatives protested against the issue, however, the Committee
members, representatives of 48 states, made a positive decision. The
Committee made a decision to include the youth of Nagorny Karabakh to
the so-called vulnerable group in conformity with the points of the
International Convention for Culture. The decision will allow the
youth of Karabakh residing in the conflict zone to participate in the
democratization process of the country and to work at youth
organizations of CE member-states.