European Commissioner for Human Rights due in Armenia

The European Commissioner for Human Rights, Thomas Hammarberg, will
arrive today on a four-day visit to Armenia, the press service of the
Armenian Foreign Ministry reports.

Hammarberg will meet with Armenian President Serge Sargsyan, Foreign
Minister Edward Nalbandian and Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian,
Minister of Justice Hrayr Tovmasyanom,  Attorney General Aghvan
Hovsepyan, police chief Alik Sargsyan, as well as representatives of
political parties from the ruling coalition, opposition parties and
public organizations.

In particular, Hammarberg is going to meet with the leader of the
opposition Armenian National Congress, the first president of Armenia,
Levon Ter-Petrosian, said previously the representative of the ANC in
the PACE, Arman Grigoryan. According to him, the sides will discuss
political prisoners, March 1-2, 2008, as well as freedom of speech.