State Dept. Report Can Form Basis for More Progress in HR Protection

PanArmenian News
March 5 2005

US STATE DEPARTMENT REPORT CAN FORM BASIS FOR MORE PROGRESS IN HUMAN
RIGHTS PROTECTION IN ARMENIA

05.03.2005 13:34

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Foreign Ministry of Armenia has attentively
familiarized with the US State Department annual report on human
rights in Armenia, Armenian Foreign Ministry Press Secretary Hamlet
Gasparian told Armenpress agency. In his words, the report clearly
notes sustainable transfer of Armenia to market economy. H. Gasparian
also noted that the document also notes the progress and shortcomings
in human rights. `In spite of the report being exaggerated and
one-sided, it can serve a basis for making more notable progress in
development of civil society and in human rights,’ he summed up.