HEAD OF PACE VISITS TSITSERNAKABERD
Armenpress
YEREVAN, AUGUST 18, ARMENPRESS: The head of the Council of Europe
Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) Rene van der Linden paid a two-day
visit to Armenia and met today with the ambassadors of the Council
of Europe member countries and representatives of NGOs.
Today he also visited Tsitsernakaberd and paid respect to the memory
of the victims of the Armenian genocide. After walking around the
museum of the genocide he wrote his impressions in the memory book of
the museum. “In 1915 Armenians suffered a lot. It is a great pain. We
must hope that the history will not be repeated. It is possible to
pray for everybody. I am sure that PACE will be useful for Armenia
in its strive to live within stabile and rich Europe,” said he.
On August 19 Rene van der Linden will meet with the NA delegation
to PACE, members of permanent commission of foreign relations, NA
political forces as well as will have a face-to-face meeting with the
NA Speaker Arthur Baghdasarian. On the same day he will meet with
Foreign Affairs Minister Vartan Oskanian, Justice Minister David
Harutyunian and Armenian President Robert Kocharian.