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    TIGRAN TOROSIAN: ARMENIA HAS NO ALTERNATIVE TO EUROPEAN INTEGRATION

    YEREVAN, JULY 22, NOYAN TAPAN. The "round table" on the theme "Armenia
    on Way to Europe" organized on July 22 by the RA Foreign Ministry, the
    Friedrich Ebert fund and the Armenian Center of Humanitarian
    Researches was dedicated to the estimation of the present level of the
    cooperation between Armenia and the European Union as well as to
    prospects of Armenia's integration to Europe. Attention of the "round
    table" participants was drawn to new book with the analogous
    title. Heike Peitsch, the Ambassador of Germany to the RA mentioned in
    her speech that Armenia is on a right way, though it is necessary to
    pass a definite way to come closer to the European standards. The
    Ambassador expressed a hope that negotiations between Armenia and the
    European Commission dedicated to the action plan in the framework of
    the New Neighourhood program will start in September According to
    Tigran Torosian, the Deputy Chairman of the RA National Assembly,
    Armenia has no alternative to the European Integration: "We are a part
    of Europe, a part of the European civilization. We should prove that
    we have a deserved right to be called Europeans. The time of nice
    words passed, radical steps are needed now." He emphasized that
    Armenia has not so much time for implementation of necessary changes,
    only a year or two: And if we are not able to use that time for
    establishment of democratic values, we shall be responsible before our
    descendants." Tigran Torosian mentioned that the Constitutional
    reforms have one of the radical roles in that process. According to
    Tigran Davtian, the Deputy Minister of Commerce and Economic
    Development, and amendments in the economic sector took a great place
    among the necessary changes. He emphasized that, taking into account
    the dinamic development of the economy, during 10-15 years, it is
    quite real to reach minimal "European level" at which Baltic countries
    and Bulgaria are today.
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