ARMENIAN PRESIDENT RECEIVES U.S. CONGRESSMEN
Author: Z.Ibrahimli

TREND Information, Azerbaijan
April 12 2006

Robert Kocharian, the Armenian President, received U.S. congressmen
Jim Kolbe and Scot Garetta, as well John Danilovich, the Director of
‘Challenges of Millennium’ Corp., in Yerevan.

Kocarian expressed satisfaction with the dynamic development of
the Armenian-U.S. relations, the press service of the President
Administration told Mediamaks. In his turn, Kolbe welcomed the
contribution by Armenian to the peacemaking operation in Iraq.

Expressing gratitude for the financial aid allocated with program
by ‘Challenges of Millennium’, Kocharian stressed Armenia was
loyal to strengthening of democracy and liberalism. The head of
the country regards attraction of the countries’ regions to the
programs implementing at the expense of the funds by ‘Challenges of
Millennium’. According to Kocharian, Armenia waits for the clear and
the exact partnership relationship from ‘Challenges of Millennium’.

“The participants of the meeting mentioned necessity of improvement
of the Elections Code and maximal wide discussions on this issue to
increase the level of the forthcoming parliamentary and presidential
elections in 2007 and 2008,” the press service of the President
Administration said.