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EU URGES ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT TO ENSURE THERE IS NO INTIMIDATION OF CIVIL SOCIETY REPRESENTATIVES
Tuesday 10 December 2013 12:14
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European Commissioner Stefan Fule
Yerevan /Mediamax/. European Commissioner Stefan Fule called on the
Armenian government "to ensure that there is no intimidation of Civil
Society representatives, human rights activists, in particular women's
rights activists".
Fule's statement following the session of the Armenia-EU Cooperation
Council held in Brussels on December 9 reads this, Mediamax reports.
"And we called on Armenia to investigate some of those cases from
the past and make sure that the perpetrators are brought to justice,"
said the European Commissioner.
Speaking about the cooperation with Armenia's civil society, Stefan
Fule expressed the hope that "their work will be built on what has
been achieved in that area in the last 3.5 years".
"We hope very much that fundamental freedoms, in particular freedom
of expression and assembly, will be further strengthened", noted the
European Commissioner.
"Compared to previous Cooperation Council there is definitely
a difference in the content of our discussions - given the new
international commitments of Armenia. But what remains the same,
is our desire and resolve to continue to have a close relationship
and take it forward, based on what we have achieved so far. The way
forward for EU-Armenia relations in the new context has been outlined.
Now we have to start work to make it reality. Armenia can count on
the continued EU support to advance political, economic and social
reforms and improve the protection of human rights and fundamental
freedoms", noted Stefan Fule.
- See more at:
http://www.mediamax.am/en/news/foreignpolicy/8469/#sthash.FggYQn6s.dpuf
Tuesday 10 December 2013 12:14
Photo: worldbulletin.net
European Commissioner Stefan Fule
Yerevan /Mediamax/. European Commissioner Stefan Fule called on the
Armenian government "to ensure that there is no intimidation of Civil
Society representatives, human rights activists, in particular women's
rights activists".
Fule's statement following the session of the Armenia-EU Cooperation
Council held in Brussels on December 9 reads this, Mediamax reports.
"And we called on Armenia to investigate some of those cases from
the past and make sure that the perpetrators are brought to justice,"
said the European Commissioner.
Speaking about the cooperation with Armenia's civil society, Stefan
Fule expressed the hope that "their work will be built on what has
been achieved in that area in the last 3.5 years".
"We hope very much that fundamental freedoms, in particular freedom
of expression and assembly, will be further strengthened", noted the
European Commissioner.
"Compared to previous Cooperation Council there is definitely
a difference in the content of our discussions - given the new
international commitments of Armenia. But what remains the same,
is our desire and resolve to continue to have a close relationship
and take it forward, based on what we have achieved so far. The way
forward for EU-Armenia relations in the new context has been outlined.
Now we have to start work to make it reality. Armenia can count on
the continued EU support to advance political, economic and social
reforms and improve the protection of human rights and fundamental
freedoms", noted Stefan Fule.
- See more at:
http://www.mediamax.am/en/news/foreignpolicy/8469/#sthash.FggYQn6s.dpuf