Politics:

ISSUE ABOUT SANCTIONS TOWARDS ARMENIA HAS NOT BEEN DISCUSSED IN STRASBOURG

The report urging not to recognize the powers of the Armenian delegation of PACE was only taken into consideration.

June 28, 2003
The summer session of the Parliament Assembly of the Council of Europe finished its works. The first working week was not very easy for the members of the Armenian delegation formed on the eve of the session. They were obliged to hear lot of uncomplimentary words concerning the Parliamentary elections held in May. Bernard Shraider making a report on the results of the elections proposed to take into account the violations of law taken place during the elections and not to recognize the powers of the Armenian delegation. The reporter applied to the Bureau of the Assembly suggesting to send an expert group to Armenia to study the post-election period in the country. It is supposed that the evaluations of the observers will be decisive while discussing the issue of recognizing the Armenian delegation to be done at the next session of PACE.
 
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