EDWARD NALBANDYAN: THE RECOMMENDATIONS MADE DURING TODAY’S MEETING OF THE PACE MONITORING COMMITTEE ARE UNFAVORABLE FOR ARMENIA

ArmInfo
2008-12-17 21:06:00

The recommendations made during today’s meeting of the PACE monitoring
committee are unfavorable for Armenia, Minister of Foreign Affairs
of Armenia Edward Nalbandyan said during a press-conference today.

He pointed out that it was part of working process. 15 of 80
delegations were present at the meeting. Of them 10 voted for the
adoption of such recommendations but the final decision will be made
during the PACE winter session in Jan 2009. The co-rapporteurs of
the committee John Prescott and Georges Colombier will visit Armenia
before the session.

Nalbandyan hopes that till Jan 2009 the situation will change. Armenia
has implemented most of PACE’s requirements, particularly,
resolutions 1609 and 1620. Nalbandyan said that the Armenian
authorities would continue the reforms – not because somebody had
told them to but because the reforms met the interests of the Armenian
people. Of course, Armenia respects the decisions of the international
organizations it is member to and respects the commitments it undertook
when entering them. "I think that we are meeting these commitments
and will continue to meet them in the future," Nalbandyan said.

The Minister did not specify what the recommendations were about and
left the room right after finishing his statement.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress