PRESIDENT SARGSYAN MEETS PACE RAPPORTEUR ON MIGRATION, REFUGEES AND POPULATION

armradio.am
06.05.2009 15:43

President Serzh Sargsyan received the Rapporteur of the Parliamentary
Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Committee on Migration,
Refugees and Population, MP of the House of Commons of the Parliament
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Mr. John
Greenway.

John Greenway said he had come to Armenia to get acquainted with
the issues of protection of refugee rights, since he was going to
present a report to the corresponding PACE Commission on the defense
of displaced persons in Europe.

According to President Sargsyan, the Armenian authorities constantly
attach importance to the solution of problems of the vulnerable layers
of population in cooperation with specialized structures like the UN
High Commissioner for Refugees, the International Organization for
Migration, etc.

Serzh Sargsyan said the authorities were doing their best for the
refugees to get fully integrated into the public life of the country,
never trying to politicize their problems. The President added that
Armenia possessed restricted resources for solving the problems of
the refugees and our anticipated the assistance of international
organizations.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress