Armenian minister downplays public concern at US drug report
Arminfo
22 Mar 06
Yerevan, 22 March: Armenian public concern over the International
Narcotics Control Strategy Report by the US Department of State is
groundless, Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan told parliament
today. He was commenting on mass media allegations that Armenian
officials are allegedly engaged in drug trafficking.
The minister said that the report says quite the opposite. In
particular, it says that "there is no ground to assume that any
Armenian official is engaged in drug trafficking".
[Passage omitted: Reference to the report]
Arminfo
22 Mar 06
Yerevan, 22 March: Armenian public concern over the International
Narcotics Control Strategy Report by the US Department of State is
groundless, Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan told parliament
today. He was commenting on mass media allegations that Armenian
officials are allegedly engaged in drug trafficking.
The minister said that the report says quite the opposite. In
particular, it says that "there is no ground to assume that any
Armenian official is engaged in drug trafficking".
[Passage omitted: Reference to the report]