INCIDENT AT PRESS CONFERENCE WILL NOT AFFECT ARMENIA’S INTL IMPACT – ARMENIA’S ENVOY TO PACE

Interfax, Russia
Feb 19 2013

Leader of the Armenian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the
Council of Europe (PACE) David Arutyunian said opposition activists’
attempt to derail a press conference by international observers cannot
impact Armenia’s international rating.

“The incident came as a surprise to me. But I don’t think it can
influence Armenia’s rating,” he told the media.

A press conference by representatives of the Office for Democratic
Institutions and Human Rights of the Organization for Security and
Co-operation in Europe was cut short by civil activists who call
themselves “The Turning Point” earlier on Tuesday.

As the international observers were presenting a report on the
February 18 presidential elections, young men broke into the audience
and demanded that they leave Armenia and stop interfering in Armenia’s
internal affairs.

The press conference was cut short and the speakers had to leave to
the audience’s shouts and hisses.

No police officers could be seen in the audience, an Interfax
correspondent reported.

The civil activists subsequently left and the press conference restarted.

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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress