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TWO ISSUES ON ARMENIA ON PACE AGENDA

Politics

The spring session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) starts in Strasbourg at 2:30 p.m., April 14. The draft agenda of the session includes two issues related to Armenia.

John Prescott’s report on the February 19 presidential election in Armenia will be presented in the framework of the PACE Bureau reporting today afternoon. Under urgent procedure on April 17 PACE will discuss either the functioning of Armenian democratic institutions proposed by five political groups or the current situation in the Middle East. The PACE delegates are due to make a choice between the two issues today.

The delegation of the Armenian National Assembly includes David Harutiunian, Raffi Hovannissian, Armen Rustamian, Hermine Naghdalian and Avet Adonts. Presently, they are participating in the sittings of political groups which began at 8.30 and will last till 11.30.

Karine Asatrian

Strasbourg