Negotiations Over New Head Of Armenian Delegation To PACE To Be Held

NEGOTIATIONS OVER NEW HEAD OF ARMENIAN DELEGATION TO PACE TO BE HELD

Arka News Agency, Armenia
Aug. 23, 2006

YEREVAN, August 23. /ARKA/. A decision on the appointment of a new head
of the Armenian delegation to the CE Parliamentary Assembly (PACE)
will be made after negotiations with the leaders of parliamentary
factions and groups, Speaker of the Armenian Parliament Tigran Torosyan
told reporters.

"This issue has not yet been discussed. A meeting with the leaders
of factions and groups, members of the Armenian delegation to PACE
is shortly to be held for a decision to be made," he said.

Speaker Torosyan is currently head of the Armenian delegation to
PACE. He has repeatedly stated his intention to leave this post.