ARMENIAN OMBUDSMAN CALLS ON POLITICIANS TO BEGIN A DIALOGUE

Interfax News Agency
Russia & CIS
February 27, 2008
Russia

Armenian ombudsman Armen Arutyunian has called Armenian citizens and
politicians to listen to each other and to find a way to dialogue,
tolerance and cooperation.

"Appeals to tolerance and the readiness for a dialogue were clearly
articulated in the speech of Serzh Sargsyan, who won the presidential
election, at a rally yesterday," Arutyunian told a news conference
in Yerevan on Wednesday.

There is only one way out from the current situation, "the path of
cooperation," he said.

Rights and freedoms of all members of society should be to equally
guaranteed and protected, the ombudsman said.