Armenia should be democracy medium in South CaucasusDecember 24, 2008 - 13:50 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The voting rights of the Armenian delegation in the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) can be suspended at its next session due in late January."This will damage the process of Armenia's integration into European structures and the country's foreign policy, since the Council of Europe is an organization which highlights human rights protection," Victor Yengibaryan, President of the European Movement Armenia, told a news conference today. "If a country fixes violation of human rights it will certainly have a negative impact. Nevertheless, we should not get into panic because our delegation can be deprived of the vote. We should just explain that Armenia in transition period but we want to move forward and be a better democracy," he said. Europe expects greater efforts to strengthen democracy in Armenia, according to him. "We should become the carrier of European and democratic values in the South Caucasus," Mr. Yengibaryan said. Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. Partner news | International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty. Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. Armenia, Russia agree on repairing railway destroyed in floods Yerevan and Moscow have agreed to repair a flood-stricken railway in northern Armenia. |