SERZH SARGSYAN SENDS CONDOLENCES OVER LORD RUSSELL JOHNSTON’S DEATH

ARMENPRESS
July 30, 2008

YEREVAN, JULY 30, ARMENPRESS: President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan
sent a message of condolences to Terry Davis, secretary general
of the Council of Europe and Lluis Maria de Puig, president of the
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), to convey
his grief and sadness over the death of Lord Russell Johnston, a PACE
delegate and a former PACE president. The presidential press service
told Armenpress that Serzh Sargsyan’s message reads as follows.

"Dear Sirs, it was with a deep sorrow that I learned about the untimely
death of Lord Russell Johnston, a PACE delegate and a former PACE
president. Throughout his activity Lord Johnston was the embodiment
of a wise politician and a staunch defender of human rights having
contributed heavily to dissemination of the Council of Europe’s values.

Great is also his contribution to reconciliation of peoples divided by
conflicts and search of peaceful solutions to them. His devotion will
continue to inspire all politicians who have assumed this high mission.

Please accept my deep condolences and convey my sincere sorrows to
Lord Russell Johnston’s family."