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PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN ARMENIA FREE, FAIR
ARKA News Agency, Armenia
June 18 2007
YEREVAN, June 18. /ARKA/. At his meeting with RA Premier Serge
Sargsyan, EU Special Representative in the South Caucasus Peter
Semneby called the recent parliamentary elections in Armenia free
and fair in many respects.
Semneby congratulated Premier Sargsyan on the May 12 parliamentary
elections, which showed progress compared to the previous elections.
The EU Special Representative expressed hope that this positive trend
will be maintained during the presidential election scheduled for 2008.
Semneby said that the EU was closely watching the election process,
as its results are most important in that after the EU approved the
New Neighborhood program Armenia was the first country inn the region
to hold elections, which can serve an example for all others. He added
that the election results are important for Armenia's relations with
the countries of the region as well.
The EU Special Representative also congratulated Serge Sargsyan on
a decisive victory gained by the Republican Party of Armenia in the
parliamentary elections and on his appointment as RA Premier.
In his turn, Premier Sargsyan thanked for the assessments of the
parliamentary elections and expressed the confidence that the positive
trends will be maintained and developed not only on the threshold of
the presidential election.
"The efforts will be aimed at making democratic processes in Armenia
irreversible," Sargsyan.
He stressed that he stated this not only as RA Premier, but also as
Chairman of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) and "to be convinced
one has to wait only eight months."
The May 12 parliamentary elections received a general positive
assessment of international observers.
ARKA News Agency, Armenia
June 18 2007
YEREVAN, June 18. /ARKA/. At his meeting with RA Premier Serge
Sargsyan, EU Special Representative in the South Caucasus Peter
Semneby called the recent parliamentary elections in Armenia free
and fair in many respects.
Semneby congratulated Premier Sargsyan on the May 12 parliamentary
elections, which showed progress compared to the previous elections.
The EU Special Representative expressed hope that this positive trend
will be maintained during the presidential election scheduled for 2008.
Semneby said that the EU was closely watching the election process,
as its results are most important in that after the EU approved the
New Neighborhood program Armenia was the first country inn the region
to hold elections, which can serve an example for all others. He added
that the election results are important for Armenia's relations with
the countries of the region as well.
The EU Special Representative also congratulated Serge Sargsyan on
a decisive victory gained by the Republican Party of Armenia in the
parliamentary elections and on his appointment as RA Premier.
In his turn, Premier Sargsyan thanked for the assessments of the
parliamentary elections and expressed the confidence that the positive
trends will be maintained and developed not only on the threshold of
the presidential election.
"The efforts will be aimed at making democratic processes in Armenia
irreversible," Sargsyan.
He stressed that he stated this not only as RA Premier, but also as
Chairman of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) and "to be convinced
one has to wait only eight months."
The May 12 parliamentary elections received a general positive
assessment of international observers.