ARMENIAN PRESIDENT DOES NOT SEE PERQUISITES FOR PROLONGING THE TERM OF EFFECT OF THE STATE OF EMERGENCY

Mediamax
March 17, 2008

Yerevan /Mediamax/. Spokesman of the Armenian President Viktor
Soghomonian stated today that up till now no cases of violation of
the state of emergency order, imposed on March 1 by the decree of
the President, were registered.

Mediamax reports that, speaking at a briefing in Yerevan today, Viktor
Soghomonian stated that the President does not see perquisites for
prolonging the term of effect of the state of emergency.

"The limitations of the media are of temporary nature. Besides, these
limitations were considerably mitigated, and we gave clear directions
as to what actions are banned", the Spokesman of the President stated.