Armenian President Meet FIDH President

ARMENIAN PRESIDENT MEET FIDH PRESIDENT

news.am
April 6 2010
Armenia

RA President Serzh Sargsyan held a meeting on Apr. 6 with Ms. Souhayr
Belhassen, President of the International Federation of Human Rights
(Fédération internationale des droits de l’homme) (FIDH) on the
occasion of the FIDH’s 37th conference.

The RA presidential press office Affairs informed NEWS.am that the
Armenian leader expressed his appreciation of the FIDH’s cooperation
with Armenia and welcomed the FIDH’s decision to hold such a
representative conference in Yerevan.

President Serzh Sargsysan pointed out numerous problems with human
rights protection in Armenia. He stated that all of them cannot be
resolved at once.

Ms. Belhassen thanked the Armenian leader for Armenia’s efforts
to host the conference at a high level. She designated the FIDH
conference in the South Caucasus as a historic event. She pointed
out that the Armenian capital has turned into the capital of human
rights today. According to her, Armenia is favorably distinguished
in the region in terms of human rights protection, personifying the
whole region.