PM Tigran Sargsyan received the EU Special Representative

armradio.am
08.05.2008 12:07

RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received the delegation headed by EU
Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby. The
delegation comprised Ms. Silvie Bavelar who is in charge of political
affairs within the EC Delegation in Armenia, Ambassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary of the French Republic to the Republic of Armenia
Serge Smessov, as well as policy advisers to the EU Special
Representative for the South Caucasus.

The Prime Minister briefed the guests on the current tasks and the
challenges posed for Armenia and its newly formed government and
described the steps to be taken for their solution. Among priority
actions, he noted the efforts towards mitigating the impact of
increased commodity prices, improving and reforming tax and customs
administrations, achieving higher efficiency in the fight against
corruption, getting the opposition involved in the execution of the
government program, as well as providing for possibly greater
transparency and publicity in all these processes.

The parties also referred to Armenia-Turkey relations and the
settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The development of
EU-Armenia cooperation under the European Neighborhood Policy and the
continuation of efforts towards the implementation of the ENP Action
Plan were emphasized on either side.

With reference to the dialog between the authorities and the
opposition, Tigran Sargsyan reiterated his previously stated viewpoint
consisting in that first of all we should have a government of
responsibility, if we wish to have a constructive and responsible
opposition. "We must start from ourselves by taking steps forward in
order to win the trust of our people. I am convinced that our proposals
are better than any other solutions possibly available in Armenia. We
have reached out a hand of cooperation to Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s
supporters. We cannot wait long as there are many problems and the time
is short, especially as we have already proceeded to action," the Prime
Minister said.

Concerning the March 1 events and the subsequent developments, Tigran
Sargsyan evoked the clearly stated position of the RA President and
stressed that the authorities are interested in an unbiased and
comprehensive investigation thereof.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress