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May 5, 2009 Heritage’s New Representative Attends PACE Session
Yerevan—Zaruhi Postanjian, the new member of the Armenian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) and the Heritage Party’s MP, was in Strasbourg from April 27 to 30, where she participated in the spring session of PACE and also delivered remarks during several discussions. The member of Armenia’s parliamentary political opposition especially took the floor during the debates over the report on the referendum held in Azerbaijan, the protection of human rights during emergency situations, and the Russian-Georgian conflict (the relevant speeches and addresses are attached to this press release). Also, Postanjian had a private meeting with Thomas Hammarberg, the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights. But prior to this discussion, she took part in and addressed during the questions and answers held in the frames of Hammarberg’s report presented on April 30. Furthermore, Heritage’s representative at PACE was elected to the Bureau of the European People’s Party (EPP) and to the PACE Committee on Culture, Science and Education. Over the course of the session, Zaruhi Postanjian also met with numerous delegates from other countries and exchanged views on the pressing domestic and foreign issues in the political agenda.
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