PRIME MINISTER MET PETER SEMNEBY
Panorama.am
14:24 04/03/2008
RA Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan received a delegation led by EU
Special Representative in South Caucasus Peter Semneby, which comprised
Head of EC Mission in Armenia Raul Lutzenberger, political advisers to
the EU Special Representative in South Caucasus Andrei Dydenko and Rasa
Ostrauskaite, as well as French Ambassador to Armenia Serge Smesov.
The parties spoke of post-election developments in Armenia. In
particular, they have touched upon the unlicensed rally-caused recent
unrest in the capital leading to increased tensions in the country
and reviewed possible ways out of the situation. According to the EU
Special Representative, all sides must assume responsibility for the
current situation in order not to deepen the social gap and resolve
the issue through political dialog. "We want to bring countries in
South Caucasus closer to the European Union and are prepared to do
our utmost toward this end," -Peter Semneby said.
Serzh Sargsyan stressed that he has strong determination and deems
that the instigators of mass disorders – those having committed
criminal offences – must be punished. He reiterated his willingness
of cooperation as already stated during his speech in the Republic
Square and mentioned that talks are underway with opposition forces,
with some positive results having been obtained already to be made
public on the days to come. "We stand ready to cooperation and open
dialog with all those who wish for Armenia’s development and its
citizens’ prosperity, our country’s stability and strengthening," –
RA President-elect, Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan said.