Chairman of the Swedish Delegation to PACE and co- rapporteur on Armenian issues "As far as I know, the monitoring visits are usually postponed only after elections to allow the new governments fulfill promises. But this is not Armenia's case. I think the Armenian authorities are trying to protract the visit because of me, because of my commitments, related to democratic values, human rights and equality, since if I am not a co-rapporteur, the assembly will have an opportunity to appoint a new, less independent co-rapporteur. I have no personal problems, but hampering the monitoring process means humiliating the Parliamentary Assembly and basic values of the Council of Europe which Armenia committed to protect. To be responsible means to make everything possible for the visit of the co-chairs with the fact-finding mission to become possible," Goran Lindblad said. |
PACE co-rapporteur on Armenia subjects country's authorities to criticism
Chairman of the Swedish Delegation to PACE and co- rapporteur on Armenian issues Goran Lindblad has sent a letter to head of the Armenian delegation in PACE David Harutyunyan where he subjected the actions by the Armenian authorities to criticism, ArmInfo reported.