CE SECRETARY GENERAL SENDS FOLLOW-UP LETTER ABOUT SECRET PRISONS TO ARMENIA

ARKA News Agency, Armenia
March 13 2006

YEREVAN, March 13. /ARKA/. Secretary General of the Council of Europe
Terry Davis has written to Armenia as a follow-up to his inquiry in
the context of the alleged CIA secret prisons and rendition flights
in Europe. According to the CE Yerevan office, Davis has written
to the Foreign Ministers of 37 of the 46 Council of Europe member
states asking to complete or clarify their replies in response to
his initial request of 21 November 2005. According to the press
release, letters were also send to the following countries: Andorra,
Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark,
Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova,
the Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine and United
Kingdom. The deadline for the replies to the follow-up letters has
been set for 7 April.