PETER SEMNEBY, “HERITAGE” REPS DISCUSS ARMENIA’S DOMESTIC DEVELOPMENTS AND 2012 ELECTIONS
news.am
Nov 29 2010
Armenia
On November 29, Deputy Head of “Heritage” party Ruben Hakobyan and
Head of “Heritage” parliamentary faction Stepan Safaryan met with
EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby,
his political advisers Mark Fawcett and Andrei Didenko.
The officials discussed resolution of the Karabakh conflict, as well as
issues on regional security, Armenia’s domestic political developments
and 2012 elections, “Heritage” press service informed NEWS.am.
“Heritage” representatives expressed their concern over the current
situation in the Karabakh peace process, Azerbaijan’s warlike
statements and frequent ceasefire violations by Azerbaijani armed
forces in the Karabakh conflict zone. They also presented “Heritage”
faction’s stance on Karabakh’s independence to EU envoy.
The party members highly appreciated EU’s assistance to Armenian
domestic political and pre-electoral processes. However, they
expressed concern over some European agencies’ position on amendments
to Electoral Code, being an obstacle to free and transparent elections
in Armenia.
Semneby made a point of the meeting with “Heritage” party members to
present their standpoints to the EU member states. The meeting was
held on EU official’s initiative.
From: A. Papazian