Armenian official, European envoys discuss rights, police work

Arminfo
13 May 05

YEREVAN

The chief of the Armenian police, Lt-Gen Ayk Arutyunyan, held a
meeting with the rapporteurs of the [Parliamentary Assembly of the
Council of Europe] PACE Monitoring Committee, Irzhi Yaskenya and
George Kolumbie, on 12 May.

The three men discussed steps taken by the law-enforcement bodies to
defend human rights and the law of the Republic of Armenia on the code
of conduct of the police and to further improve the police work
including their retraining, the press service of the Armenian Police
said.

The sides discussed other issues of mutual interest. A deputy chief of
the police, Maj-Gen Ovannes Varyan; the chief of staff, Maj-Gen Eduard
Kazaryan; and the head of the legal department, Maj Ovannes Kocharyan,
attended the meeting.

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS