During a press conference Thursday in Tbilisi, PACE chairman Rene van der Linden touched upon the two failed bills of the National Assembly of Armenia, the enforcement of which could have led to the shut-down of the “Liberty” radio station broadcast. The PACE chairman told the Georgian “Liberty” radio correspondent, Nino Gelashvili, that any type of limit on the press is unacceptable for the Council of Europe.
“We are going to prepare the report on Armenia and there is no doubt that those bills will be included. It is very important for us to express our opinions on those developments and touch upon those issues during the next discussion of the monitoring report in the Council of Europe,” said Rene van der Linden.