The President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan refused to take part at the plenary session of NATO Parliament Assembly to be held May 26-30 in Paris. The NATo Parliament assembly`s press service told ArmInfo.
The Press secretary of Armenian President Victor Sogomonyan, speaking about Mr. R. Kocharyan`s refusal reasons to take part at the Spring session in Paris, referred to Armenian President`s overemployment. The President refused to take part at the session, as he has
a complex time-table. During the session, the Minsk Group OSCE co-chairmen to come to the region. Moreover, this period will coincide with public holidays in Armenia, - told the President`s Press secretary.
It should be remind that the Chairman of NATO Parliament Assembly Pierre Lelush invited the President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan and the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev to take part and deliver a speech at the Spring session of the Assembly. Furhermore, Chairman Lelush told before that NATO Parliament assembly did all possible to solve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. It should also be pointed out that the issue of a possible organization of meeting between the two Presidents within the session in Paris remains open
Answering ArmInfo, Mr. V. Sogomonyan underlined that he does not consider that President R. Kocharyan`s refusal to take part at the session could be a cause to the international community`s pressure on Armenia in the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement