FREEDOM OF SPEECH ACCORDING TO SERGE SARGSYAN

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| 17:47:08 | 19-04-2005 | Politics |

Press in Armenia is free, Defense Minister Serge Sargsyan stated when
responding to «A1+» reporter’s question referring to the recent
statement by Robert Kocharian, who said that we have a strong country.

In answer to the question «The international reports have many times
noted that press in Armenia is not free. Don’t you think that a strong
state can afford free press and while there is a closed TV Company in
the country, it cannot be considered strong?» Serge Sargsyan said,
«There were tenders announced. You could win but you didn’t. If you
had won, other companies could say they had been closed.»

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