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ESTONIAN FORMIN URGES ARMENIA TO REFRAIN FROM VIOLENCE
Baltic News Service
March 3, 2008 Monday 3:06 PM EET
The foreign minister of Estonia has expressed regrets over the
cases of violence that took place in the Armenian capital Yerevan,
resulting in human deaths, and called on the Armenian government and
the opposition to exercise restraint and refrain from violence.
"All disputes in the society, including disputes over the election
outcome, must be solved peacefully and by lawful means," Foreign
Minister Urmas Paet said on Monday.
The minister voiced condolences on behalf of himself and the people
of Estonia to the close ones of the victims.
A standoff that emerged in the wake of the presidential election in
Armenia culminated in mass riots on Saturday, in which eight people
were killed and at least 123 injured.
The authorities have imposed emergency rule in Yerevan for 20 days.
Baltic News Service
March 3, 2008 Monday 3:06 PM EET
The foreign minister of Estonia has expressed regrets over the
cases of violence that took place in the Armenian capital Yerevan,
resulting in human deaths, and called on the Armenian government and
the opposition to exercise restraint and refrain from violence.
"All disputes in the society, including disputes over the election
outcome, must be solved peacefully and by lawful means," Foreign
Minister Urmas Paet said on Monday.
The minister voiced condolences on behalf of himself and the people
of Estonia to the close ones of the victims.
A standoff that emerged in the wake of the presidential election in
Armenia culminated in mass riots on Saturday, in which eight people
were killed and at least 123 injured.
The authorities have imposed emergency rule in Yerevan for 20 days.