GIOVANNI DI STASI OFFERS TO ESTABLISH LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT REGIONAL CENTER

Pan Armenian
05.10.2005 11:18

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Today Armenian President Robert Kocharian met
with President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities
of the Council of Europe Giovanni Di Stasi. The Armenian leader
welcomed the establishment of business relations between the Council
of Europe Congress and the RA government. “The formation of the
local self-government is an important factor for the stability of
a state”, Robert Kocharian noted. In his words, decentralization is
the principal direction of regional policy and this direction found
reflection in the draft constitutional amendments. During the meeting
the parties exchanged opinions on the regional development. In this
view Giovanni Di Stasi offered to found a regional center of the
local self-government, which will contribute to the establishment
of economic, social and cultural cooperation. The Armenian President
welcomed the idea noting that Armenia has always supported regional
cooperation.