ARMENIAN PRESIDENT RECEIVES HEADS OF EU DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS IN ARMENIA
ARKA News Agency, Armenia
Oct 30 2006
YEREVAN, October 30. /ARKA/. Armenian President Robert Kocharyan
received Friday heads of EU diplomatic missions in Armenia,
presidential press office reports.
At this meeting, Kocharyan welcomed the completion of consultations
over the European Union’s New Neighborhood program and expressed
hope that it will get final approval in November. He said that this
program would make Armenia-EU ties closer.
The head of state spoke about the process of Karabakh conflict
settlement as well as Russian-Georgian tension and its impact on
Armenia’s economy.
The diplomats discussed issues related to coming national elections
with the president and stressed the necessity of ensuring transparency.
Kocharyan said observers would be invited for watching the process
of the elections.
Parliamentary elections are to be held in 2007 and presidential in
2008.