The delegates of the Armenian National Congress, Levon Zurabyan and Arman Grigoryan have submitted a statement from the ANC to the EU institutions. The mentioned statement writes the opinion of the ANC concerning the resolution 1643. “We believe that the PACE resolution was adopted based on incorrect information, thus we are suggesting our ways and possibilities of correcting the situation,” said L. Zurabyan to our correspondent. The latter is in Strasburg now and says that they will have more meetings with EU factions and officials. According to the ANC, the resolution adopted by the PACE is a rapid stray from the draft presented by the Monitoring Commission. “The ANC regrets that the vote at the monitoring commission and parliamentary assembly proceeded based on incorrect information,” writes the ANC’s statement.
The Armenian national Congress alleges that the commitment on part of the Armenian government to amend the articles 225 and 300 is an attempt to cheat the European institutions. “It is clear that the Armenian government has suggested to amend the laws in order to have time to bypass the problem.” The ANC also is concerned about the fact that the “work of the co-rapporteurs was not transparent and they escaped from contact and meetings with the opposition.” “As a result of failure to meet with the opposition during the co-rapporteurs’ recent visit the quality of the report suffered, accordingly the credibility to the PACE suffered as well. We hope the situation will be corrected in the future, which will require the efforts of the PACE institutions and groups in that hard work.” “There are two important things in this statement. First, there should be a better communication and link between the co-rapporteurs and the opposition because in the recent period there was no link between them and their work was unilateral. Second, as Armenia is not represented in the international arena and people don’t know much about the ongoing processes, and in consideration of the fact that they have to trust the information reported by the co-rapporteurs, which brings to certain objectivism, we should look for way to keep the European institutions more informed,” said L. Zurabyan in Strasburg.