ARMENIAN PRESIDENT REFUSED PARTICIPATION AT NATO PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY SESSION
Author: A. Mammadov

TREND Info, Azerbaijan
May 15 2006

The President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan refused to take part at the
plenary session of NATO Parliament Assembly to be held May 26-30 in
Paris. The NATo Parliament assembly`s press service told ArmInfo.

The Press secretary of Armenian President Victor Sogomonyan, speaking
about Mr. R. Kocharyan`s refusal reasons to take part at the Spring
session in Paris, referred to Armenian President`s overemployment.

“The President refused to take part at the session, as he has

a complex time-table. During the session, the Minsk Group OSCE
co-chairmen to come to the region. Moreover, this period will
coincide with public holidays in Armenia”, – told the President`s
Press secretary.

It should be remind that the Chairman of NATO Parliament Assembly
Pierre Lelush invited the President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan and
the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev to take part and deliver a
speech at the Spring session of the Assembly. Furhermore, Chairman
Lelush told before that NATO Parliament assembly did all possible to
solve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. It should also be pointed out
that the issue of a possible organization of meeting between the two
Presidents within the session in Paris remains open

Answering ArmInfo, Mr. V. Sogomonyan underlined that he does not
consider that President R. Kocharyan`s refusal to take part at the
session could be a cause to the international community`s pressure
on Armenia in the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement.