RAPPORTEUR OF PACE COMMITTEE ON MIGRATION, REFUGEES AND POPULATION JOHN GREENWAY VISITS ARMENIA

PanARMENIAN.Net
05.05.2009 15:25 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ John Greenway, rapporteur of PACE, member of the
Parliamentary Association of the Council of Europe on Migration,
Refugees and Population, pays a visit to countries of the region:
Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan. He is in Yerevan at the moment. He
will go to Azerbaijan on May 6, following which he will visit Georgia.

Nairi Petrosyan, Spokesman for NA speaker Hovik Abrahamyan, told
PanARMENIAN.Net, that Mr. Greenway prepares a report on rights of
displaced persons in Europe.

PACE Rapporteur, who arrived yesterday evening , has already held
a number of meetings in Armenia. According to Nairi Petrosyan, John
Greeway met with representatives of non-governmental organizations
dealing with issues of refugees and internally displaced persons.

"Mr. Greenway held meetings with the chairman of parliamentary
Committee on Human Rights Mkhitar Mnatsakanyan, head of migration
agency Gagik Yeganyan. He also intends to attend the dormitory of
refugees in Nork community and meet with advisor to Ombudsman Genia
Petrosyan," said Spokesman for NA speaker.

In the evening, John Greenway will meet the president of Armenia
Serzh Sargsyan and NA speaker Hovik Abrahamyan.