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  • PACE President Appeals For Calm In Yerevan, Calls For Dialogue

    PACE PRESIDENT APPEALS FOR CALM IN YEREVAN, CALLS FOR DIALOGUE

    arminfo
    2008-03-03 12:00:00

    ArmInfo. "I appeal for calm in Yerevan, and I call on all sides to
    do everything in their power to prevent further violence," said the
    President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
    (PACE) Lluis Maria de Puig, reacting to events in the Armenian
    capital, CE Headquarters press-service reports. "I deeply regret the
    deaths and injuries that have already occurred, and repeat that the
    authorities must show the utmost restraint and respect the principle
    of proportionality. The state of emergency that has been declared is
    an extreme measure and should be lifted as soon as possible: round-ups
    of peaceful demonstrators and gagging the media is not the response of
    real democrats to differing views. Whatever disagreements there are
    over the fairness of the election, they should be worked out through
    the election appeals process and the Constitutional Court and not
    through clashes on the streets. Talking, not shooting, is the way
    forward. PACE stands ready to do all it can to help achieve this,
    and is following events extremely closely," the statement says.
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