Robert Kocharyan met members of the Commission on Local

Robert Kocharyan met members of the Commission on Local
Self-Government Affairs

ArmRadio.am
28.04.2006 17:38

Today RA President Robert Kocharyan met members of the Presidential
Commission on Local Self-Government Affairs.

The discussions focused on the state territorial policy, the future
activities of local self-government bodies and community development.

`Communities are the initial links of contact with the people, they
are best aware of the people’s problems, and to ignore this ling will
be short-sightedness,’ the President noted.

Robert Kocharyan considers that the major issue today is that the
Institute of the Council of Elders is not developed.

Summing up the meeting, the President underlined that the development
of local self-government bodies is an important factor of the
stability of the state.’ Without even and multilateral development of
communities, the integral development of the country is nearly
impossible,’ he underlined.