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PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN ARMENIA FREE, FAIR

18.06.2007, 19:35
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.
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. P.T. –0--