Continuation of Armenia-EU plan to depend on quality of elections in RAMarch 27, 2007 - 15:10 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The coming parliamentarian elections will become a "litmus paper" for determining further relations of the European Union with Armenia, German Ambassador to Armenia Heike Renate Peitsch told during a conference March 27 titled "Free and Fair Elections as a Base for Democracy". She said, the EU hopes voting in the country will be held in accordance with the norms of OSCE's ODIHR (Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights). "Armenia is the first country where elections are held after signing the European Neighborhood Policy program. We've fixed actions for the coming 5 years in the program, their continuation will depend on the quality of electoral process," she noticed. "The EU expects that during elections rights of citizens will be protected, members of electoral committees will do their work on professional level, and in case of falsifications infringers will be punished in accordance with the law," the German Ambassador stressed adding that Armenia has all chances for holding fair and transparent elections, and in order to organize an exemplary election also political will of authorities is needed. Heike Renate Peitsch also noted that the international community expects conduction of democratic elections in Armenia with positive steps in this direction, IA Regnum reports. Top stories Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. Partner news | Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. Byblos Bank Armenia celebrates Students' Day with scholarship recipients YSU students who received scholarships from Byblos Bank Armenia gathered in a casual setting to meet with the Bank's CEO, Hayk Stepanyan. Azerbaijan extends Rune Vardanyan’s arrest by 5 months A court in Azerbaijan has extended the arrest of former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan by five months. Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. |