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  • U.S. Embassy Statement on the Constitutional Reform Process

    PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE

    NEWS RELEASE

    EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
    AMERICAN AVENUE 1
    YEREVAN, ARMENIA
    TELEPHONE (+374 10) 46 47 00; 46 47 01; 46 47 02
    E-MAIL: [email protected]
    August 3, 2005
    http://www.usa.am/news/2005/august/news080305.html


    Council of Europe Press Conference and U.S. Embassy Statement on the
    Constitutional Reform Process

    On August 3, the Council of Europe held a press conference on the
    constructional reform process in Armenia. Speaking at the conference
    were Council of Europe Special Representative of the Secretary General
    in Armenia Bojana Urumova, Head of the OSCE Office in Yerevan Vladimir
    Pryakhin, British Ambassador Thorda Abbott-Watt, and U.S. Charge
    D'Affaires Anthony Godfrey.

    U.S. Embassy Statement on the Constitutional Reform Process The United
    States welcomes the agreement by the Venice Commission of the Council
    of Europe to the amendments to the constitution and looks forward to
    their adoption at the November national referendum.

    We continue to support the efforts of the Venice Commission and share
    the view that the revised draft constitutional amendments represent a
    step forward. We applaud the Government's progress toward democratic
    and constitutional reforms.

    The process, however, is far from over.

    We hope that the Government takes the appropriate steps to open the
    discussion to the public and gain the consensus necessary to ultimately
    pass a referendum.

    When the National Assembly meets in August, we hope legislators
    will take seriously the Council of Europe's recommendations, and
    that government and opposition parties will engage in constructive
    debate to successfully bring meaningful constitutional reforms to a
    referendum in November.

    U.S. Charge D'Affaires Anthony Godfrey, U.K. Ambassador Thorda
    Abbott-Watt, Council of Europe Special Representative of the Secretary
    General in Armenia Bojana Urumova, and Head of the OSCE Office in
    Yerevan Vladimir Pryakhin speak at a Council of Europe press conference
    on the constitutional reform process.
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