PACE President makes official visit to Armenia

2008-07-19 14:05:00

ArmInfo. Lluis Maria de Puig, President of the Parliamentary Assembly
of the Council of Europe (PACE), is to make an official visit to
Armenia from 22 to 25 July to deepen co-operation between Armenia and
the Assembly and to promote implementation of the Assembly’s
Resolutions 1609 and 1620.

The press service of the Council of Europe reports that following on
from the recent visit of the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human
Rights, Mr de Puig intends to assess, in particular, the credibility of
the enquiry into the events on 1-2 March, and will urgently raise the
issue of people detained in connection with these events. Following his
recent visit to Azerbaijan, he will also discuss the latest political
developments concerning the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

Meetings are foreseen with the President of the Republic, the Speaker
of the National Assembly, the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister,
among others, as well as Armenia’s Human Rights Defender and the
members of the ad hoc committee looking into the causes of the events
in March. Mr de Puig will also meet representatives of parties in the
parliament, including the Heritage faction, and former President
Levon Ter-Petrossian.