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UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE (HELSINKI COMMISSION) HOLDS HEARING: "ARMENIA AFTER THE ELECTION"

Below is the complete list of statements and testimonies made during the hearings:

Statement - Rep. Alcee Hastings (R-FL)

Statement - Rep. Christopher Smith (R-NJ)

Statement - Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD)

Testimony - Matt Bryza (US State Department)

Testimony - Vigen Sargsyan (Government Rep.)

Testimony - Arman Grigorian (Opposition Rep.)

Testimony (Written) - Giorgi Gogia (Human Rights Watch)

Unofficial Transcript

Select quotes from Chairman Hastings:

"...if ..., Mr. Sargsyan, ... you tell me there are no political prisoners, then I will tell you that you're out of your ever-loving mind, because there are."

"...Now, one need not live but just a little while to remember the 1996 election, and the acknowledgement of the then internal minister that the election results were rigged, which by any logic would question the moral authority of Mr. [Ter-]Petrossian to raise question about rigged elections."

"...I will work hard, as I have, to try to help Armenia. But I'm not so sure that I will do it from either of your vantage points. I will do it from an Armenian vantage point, not from the vantage point of one side against another side. All of you have good points, and all of you have bad points. So if I've offended you, it's deliberate."