PACE will refer to amnestied prisoners
PACE President Luis Maria de Puig introduced the agenda of the sitting. He says the issue of Iraq will likely be involved on the agenda as the situation is rather tense in the country and has aroused PACE's concern.
The reporter of Armenian "Aravot" daily observed that 16 oppositionists remain jailed in Armenia despite the general amnesty declared by the National Assembly. Luis Maria de Puig said that the issue had been discussed during the Bureau's sitting earlier in the day. Besides, the Monitoring Committee's co-rapporteurs assessed the situation in Armenia as satisfactory after their last week's visit to Yerevan.
"Today the Monitoring Committee will consider whether all political prisoners have been amnestied in Armenia," added Mr. Puig.
Most questions addressed to the PACE President referred to the elections of the CoE Secretary General,
Diana Markosyan
Strasbourg
