Birmingham Post, UK
March 6, 2008, Thursday
1ST Edition

INTERNATIONAL: Prescott for Armenia

John Prescott is heading a European human rights delegation to
Armenia to help defuse the country’s growing political crisis.

The two-day trip begins today at the request of the president of the
Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly, which Mr Prescott joined
last October as leader of the UK contingent of 18 Westminster MPs.

Mr Prescott will "assess the post-electoral situation" in Armenia and
"explore possibilities for defusing the current political crisis and
promoting dialogue", said a statement.

The former deputy Labour leader was in Armenia as head of an official
observer team monitoring the presidential election there on February
19.