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Luis Maria de Puig: â€œPACE will adopt a document on Armeniaâ€

14 April 2008 13:23 (UTC +04:00)

APA European Bureau reports, the PACE President expressed opinion about the last developments in Armenia. â€œPACE and me, as a head of the organization are concerning about the situation in Armenia. We have already done some works toward this and now are trying to find solution for the improvement of the situation. I tried once again to bring standards of the Council of Europe to the attention of Armenian parliament speaker Tigran Torosyan in our meeting in Saint-Petersburg and told him that Armenia had violated many principles and standards of the organization. If Armenian leadership is really supporting the principles of the Council of Europe and thinking about the implementation of its obligations, we have to make efforts for Armenia to restore some violated elements and to respond the standardsâ€. The PACE President underlined the discussion of the developments in Armenia at the spring session and said they would adopt advisable document after the discussions, which would reflect the position of PACE. â€œWe believe that Armenia accepts the PACE principles and tries to fulfill them. However, we will stand at the same position in regard to Armenia as we usually show to the countries facing with problems and insist on the acceptance of CE standards by Yerevanâ€.
Luis Maria de Puig said he planned to visit Armenia next week, but he didnâ€™t ascertain the date of his visit to Azerbaijan.