PACE President Arriving In Armenia

PACE PRESIDENT ARRIVING IN ARMENIA

armradio.am 22.07.2008 11:00

Lluís 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.

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.

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