USA REGARDS THE DECLARED AMNESTY AS A POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT

Noyan Tapan
June 24, 2009

YEREVAN, JUNE 24, ARMENPRESS: The United States views the June 19
amnesty declaration as a positive development. With the request
of Armenpress assessing the fact of the amnesty declaration by
the Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan through the application of
his constitutional right and with the approval of the Armenian
Parliament the Head of the Public relations department of the USA
Embassy to Armenia Tom Mittnacht noted: "We welcome the amnesty and
the subsequent release of ex-Foreign Minister Arzumanian, two members
of the National Assembly, and 12 other opposition supporters. We look
forward to additional releases as implementation of the amnesty goes
forward, and encourage further steps to ease political tension and
open the way for constructive dialogue."