Anthony Godfrey: In 2007 Armenia Has The Opportunity To Display Its

ANTHONY GODFREY: IN 2007 ARMENIA HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISPLAY ITS COMMITMENT TO DEMOCRACY

Noyan Tapan
Dec 26 2006

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 26, NOYAN TAPAN. "The coming year will be
especially important and exciting since Armenia has the opportunity
to display its commitment to democracy by holding free anf fair
parliamentary elections." This is said in the New Year’s massage of
U.S. Charge d’Affaires Anthony Godfrey. A. Godfrey noted that "through
U.S. assistance programs, which have totaled over 1.6 billion dollars
since 1992, the United States is working to strengthen democratic
institutions, provide for a more stable and secure South Caucasus,
and build the economies of all three countries of the region." He
expressed a hope "that Armenia and the United States can work together
to create a brighter future for the people of Armenia." A. Godfrey
said in his message that his government "is committed to supporting
Armenia as it works to establish itself as a thriving democracy and
a country where the benefits of economic growth are shared broadly."

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS