YEREVAN TO RESPOND TO PACE RESOLUTION ON SITUATION IN COUNTRY

Armenian President Robert Kocharian does not agree with some formulas in the descriptive part of the PACE resolution on the domestic situation in the country, the state leader told journalists in Yerevan today. In his words, such definitions, as e.g. “political oppression” are especially displeasing. R. Kocharian reported that one of these days official Yerevan will prepare its response on the descriptive part of the resolution and the special opinion will be presented to the Council of Europe before July, as the document requires. In the President’s words, Armenia is a Council of Europe member and “is fully entitled to protect its official point of view regarding the PACE resolution.” “The Council of Europe is not a place where unilateral decisions can be made,” he emphasized. It should be reminded that the resolution the PACE passed last week calls on the authorities and opposition of Armenia to refrain from violence and to sit at the bargaining table.