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OSCE URGES ARMENIAN AUTHORITIES TO LIFT THE STATE OF EMERGENCY
TREND Information
March 4 2008
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan, Baku 4 March / corr TrendNews K.Ramazanova / The OSCE has
urged the Armenian authorities to lift the state of emergency as soon
as possible.
The President of Armenia, Robert Kocharyan, decreed on 2 March to
impose a State of Emergency for 20 days after demonstrations by the
opposition protesting against the false outcome of the election which
lasted many days and flared into a confrontation with the police.
According to the Health Ministry of Armenia of 3 March, the number of
those injured during the clashes in Yerevan on 1 and 2 March totaled
131 with 8 people having been shot dead.
"The events on Saturday, 1 March, which led to the declaration of a
state of emergency, were very serious and tragic," Heikki Talvitie,
the special representative of the OSCE chairman-in-office, who is
currently visiting Yerevan, told Trend News via E-mail.
According to Talvitie there is a need meaningful political dialogue
involving all actors to find a solution, and such a dialogue is not
possible as long as the state of emergency remains in place.
Lifting the state of emergency is necessary for normal political life
to resume, he said.
The OSCE is ready to support Armenia as it seeks to create conditions
that would enable the situation to become normal, Talvitie said.
TREND Information
March 4 2008
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan, Baku 4 March / corr TrendNews K.Ramazanova / The OSCE has
urged the Armenian authorities to lift the state of emergency as soon
as possible.
The President of Armenia, Robert Kocharyan, decreed on 2 March to
impose a State of Emergency for 20 days after demonstrations by the
opposition protesting against the false outcome of the election which
lasted many days and flared into a confrontation with the police.
According to the Health Ministry of Armenia of 3 March, the number of
those injured during the clashes in Yerevan on 1 and 2 March totaled
131 with 8 people having been shot dead.
"The events on Saturday, 1 March, which led to the declaration of a
state of emergency, were very serious and tragic," Heikki Talvitie,
the special representative of the OSCE chairman-in-office, who is
currently visiting Yerevan, told Trend News via E-mail.
According to Talvitie there is a need meaningful political dialogue
involving all actors to find a solution, and such a dialogue is not
possible as long as the state of emergency remains in place.
Lifting the state of emergency is necessary for normal political life
to resume, he said.
The OSCE is ready to support Armenia as it seeks to create conditions
that would enable the situation to become normal, Talvitie said.