ROBERT KOCHARIAN: FREEDOM OF MEDIA SHOULD BE REGULATED WITH EXACT PROTECTION OF PERSON’S RIGHTS
Noyan Tapan
Jun 19 2006
YEREVAN, JUNE 19, NOYAN TAPAN. Thoughts on formation of free media,
main obstacles to establishment of media as business, necessity of
state media were discussed at the June 19 meeting of RA President
Robert Kocharian with OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
Miklos Haraszti.
According to RA President, Armenia is still in a transitional stage
and peculiarities of this period are characteristic of the country
in many cases.
Attaching importance to freedom of media, Robert Kocharian said that
free media has a decisive mission in the respect of exercising public
control and presenting the country’s real state. At the same time,
according to the President, the freedom of media should be regulated
with exact protection of person’s rights.
According to RA President’s Press Office, Robert Kocharian estimated
cooperation with OSCE in different directions as effective.