SECRETARY GENERAL OF IEM: ARMENIA FAR FROM MEMBERSHIP IN EU

ARKA News Agency
Sept 16 2005

YEREVAN, September 16. /ARKA/. Armenia is far from membership in the
European Union, Secretary General of International European Movement
(IEM) Henry Kroner told journalists in Yerevan. “It is not easy to
become a European country, and a long way of democratic development
should be passed”, he said. He also said that democracy can work
only on the basis of the civil society. “I see great willingness and
striving for democracy and Eurointegration, and the IEM will help
Armenia with this issue”, Kroner said. He reported that the major
goal of the IEM is “formation of united and democratic Europe”.

Office of the International European Movement (IEM) has been opened
in Yerevan today. the goal of this office is integration into the
European structures, establishment of democratic society based on
human rights and freedoms. IEM was founded on October 25, 1948 and
has branches in 42 European countries. A.A. -0–

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress