CO-REPORTERS HAVE NOTHING TO SAY, SO DO WE

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[08:56 pm] 15 January, 2009

Co-reporters of the PACE Monitoring Committee John Prescott, George
Colombie and Secretary of the Committee Bas Klein had a long series
of meetings today in Yerevan. In fact, the meeting with RA Prosecutor
General Aghvan Hovsepyan lasted so long that the European co-reporters
canceled the meeting with RA Ombudsman Armen Harutyunyan and simply
invited him to the parliament to participate in the meeting with
the Fact-finding group. Armen Harutyunyan refused to give out
any information after the meeting claiming that he was simply a
participant.

The co-reporters didn’t say anything to journalists neither before
nor after the meeting and rushed to an official dinner with head of
the Armenian delegation to PACE Davit Harutyunyan, while the meeting
with president of the commission for the March 1 case Samvel Nikoyan
took place around the dinner table. Before leaving for the meeting,
Nikoyan promised journalists to give information upon his return. But
later he called and informed journalists not to wait because he wasn’t
going to come.

The European co-reporters who were rushing to meet with NA Chairman
Hovik Abrahamyan were the last hope for the journalists. They had
already talked with Head of the Constitutional Court Gagik Harutyunyan,
but had refused to give any information to the journalists. They
started the meeting at 5 p.m. and said nothing again.

Judging from their moods, the co-reporters didn’t notice any
progress. The Europeans and Armenian officials were refusing to talk
with the journalists. RA Representative to the Council of Europe,
Ambassador Stepan Mnatsakanyan told "A1+" that he can’t give any
evaluations now because everybody is making comments and conclusions
will be drawn later.