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SOUTH CAUCASIAN STATES STAND NO CHANCE FOR EU MEMBERSHIP YET
PanARMENIAN.Net
09.10.2006 17:49 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The PACE commission for political affairs has
considered Adrian Severin's report on the Pact of stability in the
South Caucasus, Armenian National Assembly Speaker Tigran Torosian
said at a press conference in Yerevan. In his words, some amendments
referring to the situation in the South Caucasus will be introduced
in the report with the consent of the rapporteur. "In part, the
report said that the South Caucasian states have no outlook for EU
membership," Torosian remarked.
"Word 'yet' was added to the sentence. The draft resolution is
acceptable for Armenia in the whole but the Azeri delegates voiced
discontent with the initiative citing the unsettlement of the
Nagorno Karabakh problem. The initiative provides for cooperation
and integration in the South Caucasus, full use of communications,
establishment of trust," the RA NA Speaker said.
He underscored that the position of the Azeri parliamentarians did not
have power, since a similar Pact on Stability was adopted for Balkans,
where the unsettled Kosovo problem is available.
A process which aims at establishment of a mini EU model in the
South Caucasus will be started with the assistance of the EU and CoE
within the New Neighborhood program. "This initiative purposes good
objectives but its implementation depends first of all on the states
of the region," Torosian said, reported newsarmenia.ru.
PanARMENIAN.Net
09.10.2006 17:49 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The PACE commission for political affairs has
considered Adrian Severin's report on the Pact of stability in the
South Caucasus, Armenian National Assembly Speaker Tigran Torosian
said at a press conference in Yerevan. In his words, some amendments
referring to the situation in the South Caucasus will be introduced
in the report with the consent of the rapporteur. "In part, the
report said that the South Caucasian states have no outlook for EU
membership," Torosian remarked.
"Word 'yet' was added to the sentence. The draft resolution is
acceptable for Armenia in the whole but the Azeri delegates voiced
discontent with the initiative citing the unsettlement of the
Nagorno Karabakh problem. The initiative provides for cooperation
and integration in the South Caucasus, full use of communications,
establishment of trust," the RA NA Speaker said.
He underscored that the position of the Azeri parliamentarians did not
have power, since a similar Pact on Stability was adopted for Balkans,
where the unsettled Kosovo problem is available.
A process which aims at establishment of a mini EU model in the
South Caucasus will be started with the assistance of the EU and CoE
within the New Neighborhood program. "This initiative purposes good
objectives but its implementation depends first of all on the states
of the region," Torosian said, reported newsarmenia.ru.