Armenian Official Says Civil Society Needs Self-Organization

[Babajanian Karo]

ARMENIAN OFFICIAL SAYS CIVIL SOCIETY NEEDS SELF-ORGANIZATION

Mediamax
Feb 17 2012
Armenia

Yerevan, 17 February: Speaker of the Armenian parliament Samvel Nikoyan
said today that "National Assembly should deepen its cooperation with
the civil society".

He said this during "Democracy of Direct Participation: Role of the
Civil Society" forum organized by the EU expert group in Yerevan,
Mediamax reports.

Samvel Nikoyan thinks that the Armenian civil society needs more
self-organization and agreement on the issues of national interest.

Secretary of National Security Council of Armenia Artur Baghdasaryan
said that "the civil sector in is in the phase of formation and is
actively developing". He expressed the hope that the implementation
of the Armenia-EU Action Plan for 2012-2013 will contribute even more
to the development of civil society.

Head of the Political, Economic and Information Department of the
EU Delegation to Armenia Onno Simons expressed the hope that "the
discussions will help the Armenian civil society to become more active
and organized".