DANIEL FRIED: ARMENIA MUST BE A LEADER

ArmRadio.am
13.04.2007 11:38

US Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia Daniel Fried
considers that Armenian must be a "leader" and a "prospering country,"
Mediamax reports.

In response to the question about US expectations from the
parliamentary elections in Armenia on May 12, the UN Assistant
Secretary of State said, "We want to see improvement during
the parliamentary elections in Armenia. We do not expect ideal
elections. We do not expect a pass from extremely problem elections
to ideal ones. We want to see essential progress. That is important."

Daniel Fried said that "taking into consideration the power of the
Diaspora and Armenia’s ties with the West, you should be ahead of
Georgia."

"Armenia must be a leader, a prospering country. You have all the
preconditions for it, and lack of oil and gas is not a problem,"
the US Assistant Secretary of State declared.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress