EDWARD SHARMAZANOV: RESOLUTION 1643 WAS THE SUCCESS OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA
Lena Badeyan
"Radiolur"
28.01.2009 16:36
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted
three resolutions on Armenia within a year. Common citizens cannot
know all the provisions and requirements of those resolutions, but
their numbers (1609 and 1620) are well-known.
Yesterday PACE adopted another resolution on Armenia (1643). The
attitude towards it was very controversial. Some described it as
the victory of the authorities, others said it was the defeat of the
opposition. "It was simply the success of the Republic of Armenia,"
Press Secretary of the Republican Party of Armenia, MP Edward
Sharmazanov told a press conference today.
The success of Resolution 1643 was that the points on suspending the
Armenian delegation’s voting right and the existence of political
prisoners in Armenia were expelled from the text. Edward Sharmazanov
explained the success with the political will demonstrated by the
Armenian authorities.
"Some said the authorities arranged a deal, gave different promises
or, as one of the representatives of the opposition said, "duped"
the Europeans. I should say that this is not true, and it was not the
European partners that urged us to implement reforms," Sharmazanov
stated.