EMBASSY OF GREAT BRITAIN TO RA STATES THAT IT HAS NOT ASSISTED AND WILL NOT ASSIST ANY ARMENIAN POLITICAL PARTY

Noyan Tapan
Apr 26 2007

YEREVAN, APRIL 26, NOYAN TAPAN. The Embassy of Great Britain to the
RA is anxious on the occasion of overhearing the conversation taken
place at the Marco Polo restarant in February, 2007 and publication
of some parts of that recording in the Golos Armenii newspaper.

To recap, according to that publication, during the mentioned
conversation, A. Baghdasarian "in any way attempted to assure" the
British diplomate to interfere in the parliamentary elections of
Armenia and discussed with the latter a number of potential speeches
compromising Armenia (extended arrests, beating and thrashing of
participants of mass meeting, etc.), in the case of which, in his
words, the international community would have possibility to interfere
in the inner-political processes of the country.

According to the April 26 statement of the Embassy, both OSCE, European
Union, Council of Europe and diplomatic society and Embassy of Great
Britain are interested in holding the May 12 elections corresponding
to the international standards. In this context the Embassy maintains a
wide range of contacts and dialogues with institutions and individuals
across the political spectrum in Armenia, in order to be informed of
all shades of political opinion.

"It is not, never has been and cannot be, our business to support the
political platform of any specific political party," is mentioned in
the statement of the Embassy of Great Britain to the RA.