PRESIDENT KOCHARYAN RECEIVED THE OSCE REPRESENTATIVE ON FREEDOM OF THE MEDIA
ArmRadio.am
19.06.2006 16:43
RA President Robert Kocharyan received today the OSCE Representative
on Freedom of the Media Miklos Haraszti.
The President assessed the cooperation with the OSCE in different
directions as effective. Attaching importance to the freedom of media,
he said that free press has its decisive mission in carrying out public
control and presenting the real situation in the country. At the same
time, according to Robert Kocharyan, the freedom of press should be
regulated so that the rights of the individual are strictly respected.
The interlocutors exchanged opinions about formation of the free
press, the press as a major obstacle for development of business and
the necessity of state media. In the President's words, Armenia is
still in a transition period, and in many cases the peculiarities of
this period are characteristic of the country.
ArmRadio.am
19.06.2006 16:43
RA President Robert Kocharyan received today the OSCE Representative
on Freedom of the Media Miklos Haraszti.
The President assessed the cooperation with the OSCE in different
directions as effective. Attaching importance to the freedom of media,
he said that free press has its decisive mission in carrying out public
control and presenting the real situation in the country. At the same
time, according to Robert Kocharyan, the freedom of press should be
regulated so that the rights of the individual are strictly respected.
The interlocutors exchanged opinions about formation of the free
press, the press as a major obstacle for development of business and
the necessity of state media. In the President's words, Armenia is
still in a transition period, and in many cases the peculiarities of
this period are characteristic of the country.