Today, at the Ourbat Club, Giro Manoyan, who heads the political affairs and 'Hay Dat' office of the ARF Bureau, commented that independent of all else the PACE evaluation of Armenia is a subjective matter given that it is based on political consideration. "If it was soley based on the extent to which Armenia has fulfilled its obligations then a number of other nations would need to be sanctioned as well", Mr. Manoyan noted. Mr. Manoyan is of the opinion that such a punitive move on the part of PACE would be a huge error on its part. While the ARF official believes that Armenia can do more towards fulfilling its responsibilities in terms of Resolutions 1609 and 1620, he doesn't think that the inadequacies warrant the country being stripped of its voting rights. When asked by Hetq what impact the voting ban might have on Armenia's foreign policy, Mr. Manoyan answered that the ban is a tool to pressure Armenia "not so much in terms of domestic affairs but rather to implement changes in its foreign policies." When asked by Hetq what was it about Armenia's foreign policy that doesn't meet with the approval of PACE, Mr. Manoyan noted, "They aren't pleased that Armenia was able to execute a balanced approach after the August Georgian-Russian conflict. This obligates PACE to show an equitable amount of assistance to Armenia as it does to Georgia. PACE is also trying to pressure Armenia to implement a more conciliatory foreign policy in its favor than it has been up till now." He concluded by saying that PACE hasn't taken into account the fact that by implementing sanctions PACE will force Armenia to give up its complimentary foreign affairs approach.