FIRST ARMENIAN PRESIDENT DISCUSSES STATE OF HUMAN RIGHTS WITH EUROPEAN OFFICIALS

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14:31 ~U 09.12.09

On December 8, first Armenian president Levon Ter-Petrossian met with
the Armenia-EU Dialogue Mission on Human Rights with the participation
of Sweden’s Ambassador for Human Rights Jan Axel Nordlander, Swedish
Ambassador to Armenia Hans Gunnar Aden, Head of Human Rights Unit at
the European Commission Rolf Timans, Personal Representative of EU
High Representative for the CFSP Javier Solana Riina Kionka, Human
Rights Ambassador from Spain Silvia Escobar and Head of EU Commission
Delegation to Armenia Raul de Luzemberger, informs the press service
of the Armenian National Congress.

The human rights situation in Armenia was discussed during the
meeting, including developments in Armenia’s internal affairs,
current obstacles in development of democracy, and violations in the
presidential, as well as Yerevan city councillors’, elections. Special
attention was paid to the activities of the fact-finding group and
parliamentary committee investigating the tragic events of March 1,
2008. Ter-Petrossian stated that the fact that there are political
prisoners in Armenia hinders the country’s natural development,
for resisting current battle cries.

Ter-Petrossian also presented the position of the Armenian National
Congress on the pivotal issues of Armenia’s foreign policy.

Armenian National Congress head office members Levon Zurabyan, Davit
Shahnazaryan and Vladimir Karapetyan also participated in the meeting.