PACE TO DISCUSS QUESTIONS OF REFUGEES IN SOUTH CAUCASIAN COUNTRIES
Regnum, Russia
March 28 2006
On April 10-13, spring session of PACE is to start in Strasbourg.
Unlike other sessions, it will last three days, because on April
14 Europe celebrates Easter, stated head of Armenian delegation to
PACE, Deputy Speaker of Armenian Parliament Tigran Torosyan at a news
conference on March 27.
He said that agenda of session has two questions regarding Armenia
– conditions of refugees and deported persons in Armenia, Georgia
and Azerbaijan, and human rights in Armed Forces. Latvian MP Boris
Tsilevich will report on the first topic. The report will be made on
April 13.
Bulgarian MP Alexander Arabadjiev is the rapporteur on the second
issue. Project of the resolution after second report does not directly
concerns Armenia, but the situation in the country is described
in the report as it is described of each country of the Council of
Europe. 35th article is dedicated to Armenia, where the situation in
Armenian Armed Forced in 2001-2003 is described.
Torosyan notes that the Armenian Defense Ministry currently examines
the report project to address with possible corrections to rapporteur.
According to the head of the Armenian delegation, the agenda includes
other questions of interest, for instance, regarding fight against
corruption and poverty in the Council of Europe countries. Several
questions may be added to the agenda later. Torosyan also spoke on
visits of PACE officials in Armenia that would take place in the near
future, informs “Noyan Tapan”.