ROBERT KOCHARIAN RECEIVES COUNCIL OF EUROPE COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
ARMENPRESS
March 13, 2008
YEREVAN, MARCH 13, ARMENPRESS: President Robert Kocharian received
today the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas
Hammarberg.
Kocharian’s press office said the main subject of the meeting was
the post-election situation in Armenia and stemming problems.
Kocharian was quoted as saying that unfortunately "We failed to avoid
undesirable development of events and the government had to undertake
certain steps to normalize the situation."
The press office said they spoke also about the state of human
rights protection under the state of emergency and emphasized the
importance of undertaking necessary steps for the soonest regulation
of the situation.
Robert Kocharian said the situation in the capital was now calm getting
steady and due to it the provisions of the state of emergency have
been eased twice.