Daniel Fried: Armenia Must Be A Leader

DANIEL FRIED: ARMENIA MUST BE A LEADER

ArmRadio.am
13.04.2007 11:38

US Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia Daniel Fried
considers that Armenian must be a "leader" and a "prospering country,"
Mediamax reports.

In response to the question about US expectations from the
parliamentary elections in Armenia on May 12, the UN Assistant
Secretary of State said, "We want to see improvement during
the parliamentary elections in Armenia. We do not expect ideal
elections. We do not expect a pass from extremely problem elections
to ideal ones. We want to see essential progress. That is important."

Daniel Fried said that "taking into consideration the power of the
Diaspora and Armenia’s ties with the West, you should be ahead of
Georgia."

"Armenia must be a leader, a prospering country. You have all the
preconditions for it, and lack of oil and gas is not a problem,"
the US Assistant Secretary of State declared.

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