Armenia welcomes establishment of new Iraqi government

Public Television of Armenia, Yerevan
2 Jun 04

Yerevan welcomes the establishment of the provisional Iraqi government
and hopes that the new government will succeed in creating conditions
in Iraq that will promote the implementation of democratic changes
and will conduct free and fair elections in January 2005, a spokesman
for the Armenian Foreign Ministry, Gamlet Gasparyan, told Arminfo
news agency today.

The spokesman said that Armenia has confirmed its readiness to take
part in the reconstruction of Iraq along with the international
community for the sake of establishing peace and stability in Iraq
and in the whole region.