The Council of Europe cannot directly interfere with Armenia's domestic issues, CoE Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland told reporters in Yerevan following the Forum for the Future of Democracy.
In response to the question about the persons arrested after the evens of March 1, 2008, Mr. Jagland stated: "The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights has a strong mandate and has been closely following the processes in Armenia ever since 2008."
Thorbjorn Jagland noted at the same time that "the Council of Europe cannot immediately interfere with the issue."
"We cannot interfere with your domestic affairs. It should be solved within the framework of internal institutes. It would be very difficult for the Council of Europe to assume the solution of internal national issues," he stated.
Armenian News
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