Today.Az » Politics » OSCE Minsk Group co-chairman: "Violence in Armenia must never repeat"
06 March 2008 [18:51] - Today.Az
Matthew Bryza, deputy assistant secretary of state and co-chairman of the OSCE Minsk Group discusses clashes between the police and protesters in Yerevan on March 1-2.
"We blame violence. It must never repeat again", M.Bryza said. He also stressed the intention to put pressure on the Armenian government to lift the emergency state and to ask the sides-authorities and opposition- to transfer the problems resolution to the table of negotiations.
Tom Casey, representative of the US Department of State, also announced that Matthew Bryza will call on the Armenian government to lift the emergency state. "Now that the situation has softened, it is important to lift the emergency state", Casey noted voicing concern over the limitation of the activity of mass medias, in particular, Liberty radio.
"We want the termination of such restrictions", Casey announced.
/ARMENIA-Today/
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