‘COUNCIL OF EUROPE NOT TO REFER TO ISSUES RELATED TO ARMENIA’: POSTANJYAN

Tert.am
Sept 15 2009

"In my opinion, the Council of Europe clearly has a political decision,
at this time, not to refer to any issue which relates to Armenia,"
Heritage Party member Zaruhi Postanjyan said today.

"Though I am not a member of the Council of Europe Monitoring
Committee, I was twice formally invited to its meetings, in which
ARF-D representatives were present," the MP said and added that when
once again she was asked to participate in a meeting, the monitoring
committee chair sent her a letter which, in particular, said, "We
don’t see the need for your participation any longer, since the ARF-D
Party is present as an oppositional party."

According to Postanjyan, no issues related to Armenia were discussed
during the meeting.

"The Human Rights Committee adopted a draft resolution and a report
concerning the rights of minorities in Turkey. Armenians’ rights
are also mentioned there," Postanjyan said and added that the draft
document which was included in the agenda of the forthcoming meeting,
was also excluded from the list of topics to be discussed.

Once again mentioning the party’s position against the Armenian-Turkish
Protocols, Postanjyan stated it was decided to leave the issue of
Armenian-Turkish relations alone at all levels, as well as Armenian
inner political affairs, "so that an opportunity is created for the
governing authorities to sign the agreement." The MP also doubts that
the Armenian issue will be included in the planned meeting agenda
at all.