March 7, 2005 - 09:14 AMT
ROBERT KOCHARIAN: ARMENIA'S ASPIRATION TO INTEGRATE INTO EUROPEAN FAMILY VERY STRONG
During the meeting with Armenian President Robert Kocharian Latvian Saeima Speaker Ingrida Udre introduced the political and economic processes carried out in Latvia after joining the EU. In her words, despite the fact that Latvia conducted a series of reforms on the path to the EU membership, there is still a long way to achieve complete accord with the European standards. He also informed that Latvia is going to pay special attention to the relationships with the South Caucasian states, which are inclined to follow the path of eurointegration. In his turn Robert Kocharian said that Armenia's aspiration to integrate into the European family is very strong and noted that Latvia's experience could be rather helpful for establishing stability and peaceful interaction in the South Caucasus.