Pan Armenian News
CE WILL FOCUS ON ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN WITHIN NEXT MONTHS
23.06.2005 04:23
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenia and Azerbaijan will be in focus of the Council of
Europe (CE) within the next months, stated Chairman of the CE Committee of
Ministers, Portuguese Foreign Minister Diogo Freitas do Amaral. When
addressing the PACE meeting the Portuguese FM reminded that in the course of
the CE Warsaw Summit in spring a number of documents were adopted, by means
of which CE further tasks should be implemented. «First of all we have to be
sure that the Council of Europe member states meet the organization
standards of promotion of democracy, protection of human rights and
supremacy of law,» he said. `Thereupon within the next months the South
Caucasus will be in focus of our attention taking into account the important
developments referring to the constitutional amendments in Armenia and
parliamentary election in Azerbaijan,’ the Chairman of the CE Committee of
Ministers stated.