ARMENPRESS
CO-RAPPORTEURS OF PACE MONITORING COMMISSION TO PRESENT REPORT ON
THEIR MEETINGS IN ARMENIA JANUARY 26
YEREVAN, JANUARY 16, ARMENPRESS: Co-rapporteurs of the Council of
Europe Parliamentary Assembly Monitoring Commission Jorge Columbien
and John Prescott will present report over their January 15 meetings
in Armenia and implementation of PACE 1609 and 1620 resolutions to the
commission January 26. Secretary of the Commission Bas Klein who
arrived with the co-rapporteurs told Armenpress that Jorge Columbien
and John Prescott refuse to make comments over their impressions from
the visit noting that they will present their assessments in the
report.
B. Klein also said that the co-rapporteurs did not see a necessity
of meeting with the representatives of the opposition as the main
addressees of the implementation of the resolutions are the
authorities and it was necessary to learn from them about the progress
in implementation of the resolutions.
The co-rapporteurs on January 15 met with the National Assembly
speaker Hovik Abrahamyan, head of the Armenian delegation to PACE
David Harutyunyan, head of the commission set up for the inquiry into
March 1-2, 2008 events and their causes Samvel Nikoyan, members of the
fact-finding commission, prosecutor general Aghvan Hovsepyan, human
rights defender Armen Harutyunian.
John Prescott and Jorge Columbien also met with President of
Armenia Serzh Sargsyan.