Panorama.am

19:56 30/01/2007

ANALYST SAYS LEGITIMACY KEY TO ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE

`Armenia is on a very difficult road to independence,’ Richard
Kirakosyan, an American-Armenian analyst said.

In his words, Armenia must implement projects that will secure
economic independence from the European Union, USA or Russia. Asked
about the ways to economic independence, Kirakosyan said, `Armenia
needs deeper democracy and the key to that is legitimacy.’

Kirakosyan believes the level of democracy and corruption are internal
problems that endanger the national security of Armenia. `The May
elections are very important and the leaderships must clearly
understand that the standards are very high’.

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