Eduard Sharmazanov: decision not to suspend Armenia's voting rights in PACE is a victory of republic's democratic futureJanuary 28, 2009 - 14:45 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has adopted Resolution 1643 which states clearly that Armenian delegation's voting rights will not be suspended and sanctions against Armenia will not be applied."It's important that the term 'political prisoners' is not used in the document," Eduard Sharmazanov, a member of parliament and spokesman for the Republican Party of Armenia, told a news conference in Yerevan today. "The decision bases on the reforms carried out in Armenia and on demonstration of political will by the republic's leadership." According to Sharmazanov, the court will decide whether there are political prisoners in Armenia or not. "In a democratic country, any legal issue is considered by the court," he said. "The decision not to suspend Armenia's voting rights in PACE is a victory of the republic's democratic future. But we have to do a great deal of work to hold more democratic elections in future," he said. On January 27, with 3 votes 'for', 141 'against' and 5 abstentions, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has decided not to suspend Armenia's voting rights. Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. Partner news | Russia accuses West of preparing invasion of CSTO countries NATO is preparing an invasion of the CSTO countries, the number of provocations in the air is growing, Sergei Shoigu has said. Armenia: Rescue workers restore pedestrian bridge for flood-hit community Rescue workers on Wednesday, June 5 restored a pedestrian bridge in the town of Alaverdi in Armenia’s north. U.S. “deeply troubled” by Azerbaijan's arrest of civil society members The United States is deeply troubled by the continued arrest of members of Azerbaijani civil society, Matthew Miller has said. Turkey condemns Uruguay’s recognition of Armenian Genocide Turkey has condemned a newly passed law in Uruguay that recognizes the Armenian Genocide, TRT reports. |