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German Ambassador: EU ready to assist Armenia in implementing reforms

29.11.2008, 00:05
The European Union (EU) is ready to assist Armenia in implementing reforms, German Ambassador to Armenia Andrea Victorin said at a two-day international conference on partnership between the EU and South Caucasus.
YEREVAN, November 28. /ARKA/. The European Union (EU) is ready to assist Armenia in implementing reforms, German Ambassador to Armenia Andrea Victorin said at a two-day international conference on partnership between the EU and South Caucasus.

Armenia is taking active measures to implement the European partnership action plan, but it should take up further programs to build a democratic country, accomplished human rights institution and supremacy of the law, Victorin said.

According to Victorin, strengthening of the judiciary and the police should come next in the list of the country’s goals.

Victorin said that the regional cooperation becomes more important in terms of the direct neighborhood with the EU. According to the diplomat, strengthening of the regional cooperation will allow the countries not only getting economic advantage, but also relieving the tension and settling the situation.

The EU plays an important role in the region in the context of expansion of the European area of security and stability in the South Caucasus.

The EU expert group sent to Armenia as per the agreement between the Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and the EU Commissioner for Trade Peter Mendelssohn demonstrates EU’s commitment to deepen its relations with Armenia, Victorin said.–0--