Yerevan June 14
Naira Badalyan. Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan made an explanation about a fragment of his briefing at the Brussels airport on July 12.
"Part of my briefing at the Brussels airport needs clarification," he wrote on his Facebook page.
"It was like this: during a meeting with one of the EU partners, I expressed bewilderment at the fact that after the revolution the EU does not increase the amount of support provided to Armenia.
The EU representative reacted by stating: "Why do you say so, we increased (support. Ed.) by 10 million EUR. "I said that we have already returned $ 42 million in several criminal cases, and if "shake" one of the corrupt officials known to us, so much money will fall out of his pockets.
The point of what I have said is that a democratic Armenia expects a much more serious consideration," the Prime Minister wrote.
When returning from Brussels to Yerevan, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan speaking about his first visit to Europe as prime minister, noted that this visit can be regarded as a visit to establish acquaintance and personal contacts, and in this regard, we can consider the purpose of the visit as completed. "They have only congratulations and compliments for us so far, but they also realized that we are not in a position to melt away from compliments and flattering conversations. I told them that we will complete our democratic reforms and, of course, with the support of our international partners, these reforms will go faster, but we are not in the status of a petitioner, I said that after the revolution we heard many welcoming statements from the EU, but no major changes in policy occurred, the situation is the same as 3-4 months ago .That means, either the yield should be lowered ng the inspiration of these statements, or change the policy, "he said. "I told them directly that we will implement these changes with your support, or without it, for us there is no such topic that if assistance is not provided, reforms will not be carried out." We do not intend to turn democracy and these changes into an object we are fighting against corruption not because the EU demands it, but on the contrary, because our people demand it, I told them very clearly that we did not come here as a candidate, we will still implement our reforms, it's you You can miss your chance to contribute to the plan to support change "The struggle against corruption for us can not become the subject of foreign policy bidding," he said.
In this context, Pashinyan said that recently during a conversation one of the representatives of the EU said in amazement – how, in Armenia was there so much hidden corruption? And Pashinyan answered him: "Do not pretend that you were not aware of it, you knew everything perfectly well, you were aware of everything, there were cases when you decided not to pay attention, hoping to get geopolitical advantages, but now you do not have you are in shock, when a European official said that they are ready to allocate aid to Armenia for a certain amount within the framework of some program, I called him the name of a well- known corruptionist, and said that if we shake him well, then he will have enough money out of his pockets. in sum, if you want, and if you are in trouble, take yourself, spend, and we will find through internal reforms."