ARMENIAN DELEGATION’S POWERS NOT TO BE FROZEN: PACE CHAIRMAN

Trend News Agency
Jan 26 2009
Azerbaijan

The Armenian delegation’s powers will not be frozen, Parliamentary
Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Chairman Luis Maria de Puig
said at a news conference on Jan. 26.

"I don’t think Armenia will be deprived of its right to vote in the
session," the chairman said.

The PACE co-chairs agreed to form a working group with the Armenian
government to assess the situation with political prisoners in
Armenia. They also reached an agreement to assess Armenian legislation.

"The co-chairs will submit the results of their monitoring to the PACE
Monitoring Committee that analyzed the situation in Armenia after
the developments in March," the chairman reported. "The committee
needs time to assess the situation and work over proposals. I think
the issue will be examined at the PACE session in April."