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    EU ENVOY MEETS ARMENIAN LEADERS, OPPOSITION

    168 Zham
    Aug 26 2008
    Armenia

    Peter Semneby, the EU special representative for the South Caucasus,
    arrived in Yerevan from Tbilisi on a brief informal visit yesterday
    [25 August] and met Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, National
    Security Council secretary Artur Baghdasaryan, Armenia's first
    President Levon Ter-Petrosyan, the secretary of the Heritage party
    faction in parliament, Stepan Safaryan, and the heads of several
    non-governmental organizations.

    The EU office in Yerevan said that domestic political issues and
    regional issues were discussed at the meetings. Semneby asked the
    opposition members to brief him on the pace of the [implementation]
    of the Council of Europe resolution 1620, and in particular, how
    the government was responding to their calls for freeing political
    prisoners.

    Sanctioning of rallies was also discussed. They were very concerned
    about the recent violence against journalists and the fact that the
    perpetrators go unpunished.
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