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    Federal Information and News Dispatch, Inc.
    State Department
    November 4, 2004

    Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Newscast Off the Air in Armenia; U.S.
    diplomat Paul Jones expresses concern to OSCE Permanent Council

    TEXT: The United States expressed concern November 4 that a Radio Free
    Europe/ Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) newscast has been taken off the air in
    Armenia.

    Addressing the Permanent Council of the Organization for Security and
    Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Vienna, Austria, U.S. diplomat Paul
    Jones expressed the hope that the program will find a new broadcast
    opportunity in the immediate future.



    "This would demonstrate that Armenia is a state where freedom of the
    media is acknowledged and respected, consistent with the OSCE
    commitments we have all undertaken," said Jones.

    Following are his remarks:

    (begin text)

    United States Mission to the OSCE

    Vienna, Austria

    November 4, 2004

    STATEMENT ON MEDIA ISSUES IN ARMENIA

    As Delivered by ChargA(C) D'affaires Paul W. Jones to the Permanent
    Council

    Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

    Mr. Chairman, we note with concern that the broadcast of the Radio Free
    Europe/Radio Liberty newscast has been taken off the air in Armenia.

    We have seen suggestions that the decision to cancel this program was
    made in response to political pressure on the station manager.

    In this regard, we would hope that this program will find a broadcast
    opportunity in the immediate future; this would demonstrate that
    Armenia is a state where freedom of the media is acknowledged and
    respected, consistent with the OSCE commitments we have all undertaken.

    Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

    (end text)

    (Distributed by the Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S.
    Department of State.)

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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