Europe Interested In Strengthening Relations With Armenia

EUROPE INTERESTED IN STRENGTHENING RELATIONS WITH ARMENIA

PanARMENIAN.Net
11.02.2008 16:29 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Strengthening of relations with Armenia and support
of democratic reforms in this republic is dictated by Europe’s
interests, Executive Director of European Foundation for Democracy,
Roberta Bonazzi told a conference on democratic reforms in Yerevan.

"Armenia is a country which succeeded in developing dialogue with
U.S. and Europe, on the one hand, and Iran and Russia, on the other
hand," she said.

"The Foundation supports reforms targeted at formation of an open
society. The purpose of this conference is to promote discussion and
raise public awareness.

Election is an important but not the only constituent of democracy. But
we are confident that legitimacy of an election is conditioned by
demonstration of civic duty," she said, Novosti Armenia reports.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS