PRESIDENT: ARMENIAN AUTHORITIES PROMISE TO COMPLY WITH ALL PACE DEMANDS
ARKA
July 16
Armenian authorities promise to comply with all PACE demands and
investigate March events in due way, Armenian President Serge Sargsyan
said on Tuesday at his meeting with CE Human Rights Commissioner
Thomas Hammarberg, presidential press office reports.
Sargsyan said that Armenian authorities examined the PACE resolutions
and are determined to comply with their demands.
The president welcomed the human rights commissioner’s efforts to
solve Armenia’s problems.
Hammarberg stressed the importance of both resolutions and said he
will read out his report at the PACE Monitoring Committee’s meeting
on September 11.
He put a special emphasis on three objectives.
The first was legislative changes in the law on rallies and marches.
The second was an unbiased and transparent investigation into March
events.
The third related to detainees.
Sargsyan said that the police must brought charge only against those
who committed violence.