THEY DO NOT WANT TO ISOLATE ARMENIA
Karine Asatryan
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[06:27 pm] 26 January, 2009
At the opening of its winter session in Strasbourg, the Parliamentary
Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) reelected LuÃs Maria de Puig
(Spain, SOC) as its new President, according to the PACE Communication
Unit.
Nineteen out of 20 of the PACE vice presidents were also
elected. The head of the Azerbaijani Parliament Delegation, David
Harutyunyan, the head of the Armenian delegation to PACE was elected
Vice-President. According to the charter, PACE deputy chairmen can
be elected twice for a one-year term.
Note that the Monitoring Committee is scheduled to consider Armenia’s
implementation of Assembly’s Resolutions 1609 and 1620 at 2:00 (local
time). In his addressing speech Mr. Puig voiced hope that "Armenia
will successfully pass the exam." He noted that the PACE steps aim
to integrate Armenia into the system of values Armenia has chosen on
the way to CoE membership, rather than to isolate the country.
Before the beginning of the session, LuÃs Maria de Puig hoped
Armenia’s voting right would be suspended. Besides, he noted that
during the recent visit of PACE co-rapporteurs Prescott and Colombier
to Armenia an agreement was reached on establishing a new working
group to investigate the issue of "political prisoners."
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