HENRI CUNY WISHES ARMENIA ESTABLISHMENT OF NORMAL RELATIONS WITH ALL NEIGHBORS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

Noyan Tapan
Oct 24 2006

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 24, NOYAN TAPAN. "I have always thought that
peace, economic development and securing a normal future for its
youth are most important for Armenia." The French Ambassador to
Armenia Henri Cuny, who finishes his diplomatiuc mission in Armenia,
stated this at the Octoberb 24 press conference. In his opinion, all
three directions are closely related, because if there is no peace,
the country’s economic development and therefore the employment of
young people are just out of question. The ambassador dwelt upon
the issue of development of Armenian-French economic relations:
"I am glad that the number of French enterprises, as well as the
amount of French investments has increased in Armenia." He attached
great importance to the fact that Air France started operating
Yerevan-Paris flights. H. Cuny expressed confidence that Armenia has
much potential for developing the high-tech sector. In his words,
taking into account the demographic aspect and the low purchasing
capacity of the population, "Armenia does not represent a market
in itself." At the same time, in his view, Armenia opens windows
to other markets – Russian, Middle East, and markets of other Asian
countries. However, according to the ambassador, the arrangement of
forces would be entirely different, if the borders were open. "Leaving
Armenia, I wish it prosperity and establishment of normal relations
with all its neighbors as soon as possible,:" H. Cuny said.

According to some reliable sources, Henri Cuny will continue his
diplomatic mission in Slovakia.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress