AMERICAN EXPERT HIGHLY APPRECIATES PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS HELD IN ARMENIA
Noyan Tapan
Jun 13 2007
YEREVAN, JUNE 13, NOYAN TAPAN. On the initiative of the RA Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and with the assistance of the US Embassy in Armenia
the US Civil-Military Relations Center organized a workshop on the
subject the Mass Media and the Army in Yerevan. The representatives
of the RA Defence Ministry, the Strategic Investigaiton Center, the
Department of Emergency Services and the mass media will take part in
the workshop held on June 12-15. Issues concerning the interrelations
of the mass media and the army, national security strategy, society’s
possession of information in states of emergency, and the role of the
mass media and NGOs in democratic society will be discussed during
the workshop.
As Doctor Thomas Bruno, ex-Head of the Civil-Military Relations
Center, mentioned, the workshop is held within the framework of the
Armenia-NATO Individual Partnership Action Plan and the European New
Neighbourhood Policy. He declared that though the center is financed
by the US government, it acts independently and can express opinions
not corresponding to official ones.
Thomas Bruno highly appreciated the parliamentary elections held in
Armenia, quoting the appraisals of international organizations.