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ARMENIAN OPPOSITION DOES NOT PIN HOPES ON EUROPE, ANC REPRESENTATIVE SAYS
Noyan Tapan
http://www.nt.am?shownews=1010659
Dec 17, 2008
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 17, NOYAN TAPAN. Armenia's opposition does not
pin hopes on the PACE Monitoring Committee December 17 sitting and
on Europe in general. Stating this at the press conference held the
same day, Armenian National Congress representative David Shahnazarian
said that if European structures continue the policy of closing their
eyes at the fact of existence of political prisoners and at other
unfair actions, it will be the problem of the Council of Europe and
not of Armenia's opposition. As to possible sanctions to be used
against RA, according to D. Shahnazarian, they should be political
and not economic, as the political sanctions will be aimed against
the authorities and the people will suffer from economic sanctions.
Touching upon the world financial-economic crisis, the ANC
representative expressed an apprehension that Armenia's oligarch
system will not be able to prevent the consequences of that crisis in
the country. "We had problems of lack of democracy and human rights
at the beginning of the year, while the issues of Nagorno Karabakh
problem aggravation and economic crisis have been added to them now,"
the speaker said.
Noyan Tapan
http://www.nt.am?shownews=1010659
Dec 17, 2008
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 17, NOYAN TAPAN. Armenia's opposition does not
pin hopes on the PACE Monitoring Committee December 17 sitting and
on Europe in general. Stating this at the press conference held the
same day, Armenian National Congress representative David Shahnazarian
said that if European structures continue the policy of closing their
eyes at the fact of existence of political prisoners and at other
unfair actions, it will be the problem of the Council of Europe and
not of Armenia's opposition. As to possible sanctions to be used
against RA, according to D. Shahnazarian, they should be political
and not economic, as the political sanctions will be aimed against
the authorities and the people will suffer from economic sanctions.
Touching upon the world financial-economic crisis, the ANC
representative expressed an apprehension that Armenia's oligarch
system will not be able to prevent the consequences of that crisis in
the country. "We had problems of lack of democracy and human rights
at the beginning of the year, while the issues of Nagorno Karabakh
problem aggravation and economic crisis have been added to them now,"
the speaker said.