DAVIT HARUTYUNYAN: HOW TO OVERCOME THE SITUATION
Panorama.am
22:09 01/04/2008
Today the group of the foreign affairs ministers of the Council of
Europe met with the Parliamentary Committee of the Council of Europe
Armenia in the National Assembly of the RA. The special representative
of the chief secretary of the CE Boyana Urumova and the RA permanent
representative in the CE Kristian Ter-Stepanyan were present at
the meeting.
According to the official web site of the NA, the chairman of the
delegation Davit Harutyunyan greeted the guests and mentioned that
Armenia has been found in a very serious situation and there are only
two ways to meet them: decisive growth or decisive fall.
The chairman of the foreign affairs ministers' group and the ambassador
of Sweden in the CE Per Sigran said that a significant and historical
moment has been created for the Armenian authorities and parliament
to conduct serious and decisive reforms in the country.
The Ambassador also expressed his opinion on the changes made on
the RA law on "Conducting meetings, demonstrations, and processions"
and the changes which should be made on the Criminal Code; he said
that those changes should be in line with the Council of Venice.
The Ambassador signified the moment of conducting fair and justified
investigation upon the March 1 events and liberating the arrested
people.
Mr. Harutyunyan mentioned that the arrestment based on the political
aspect should be critically excluded. As for the current laws, he
said that there is a need to revise them and the necessity of the
Venice Council experts is of great significance for the country.
Panorama.am
22:09 01/04/2008
Today the group of the foreign affairs ministers of the Council of
Europe met with the Parliamentary Committee of the Council of Europe
Armenia in the National Assembly of the RA. The special representative
of the chief secretary of the CE Boyana Urumova and the RA permanent
representative in the CE Kristian Ter-Stepanyan were present at
the meeting.
According to the official web site of the NA, the chairman of the
delegation Davit Harutyunyan greeted the guests and mentioned that
Armenia has been found in a very serious situation and there are only
two ways to meet them: decisive growth or decisive fall.
The chairman of the foreign affairs ministers' group and the ambassador
of Sweden in the CE Per Sigran said that a significant and historical
moment has been created for the Armenian authorities and parliament
to conduct serious and decisive reforms in the country.
The Ambassador also expressed his opinion on the changes made on
the RA law on "Conducting meetings, demonstrations, and processions"
and the changes which should be made on the Criminal Code; he said
that those changes should be in line with the Council of Venice.
The Ambassador signified the moment of conducting fair and justified
investigation upon the March 1 events and liberating the arrested
people.
Mr. Harutyunyan mentioned that the arrestment based on the political
aspect should be critically excluded. As for the current laws, he
said that there is a need to revise them and the necessity of the
Venice Council experts is of great significance for the country.