HERITAGE MEETS WITH EUROPEAN AMBASSADORS
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[01:03 pm] 02 July, 2007
Yerevan-Today Raffi K. Hovannisian, Larisa Alaverdian, and Stepan
Safarian represented the Heritage Party’s parliamentary group
in a meeting with a visiting delegation of Council of Europe
ambassadors. They discussed the challenges of Armenia’s democratic
development, conflict resolution in the Caucasus and throughout Europe,
as well as regional and geopolitical security. After presenting
his overview of these issues, Hovannisian expressed regret that, in
violation of both accepted intermutual custom and Armenia’s national
commitment, Heritage and other opposition MPs were not included in
Armenia’s delegation to the current session of the Parliamentary
Assembly of the Council of Europe.
The official delegation from Strasbourg included seven Permanent
Representatives to the Council of Europe: Ambassadors Wendelin Ettmayer
of Austria, Bruno Gain of France, Eberhard Kolsch of Germany, Peteris
Elferts of Latvia, Stelian Stoian of Romania, Alexander Alekseev of
Russia, and Per Sjogren of Sweden.