Monday, 3 March 2008
RA Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan received a delegation led by EU Special Representative in South Caucasus Peter Szemneby, which comprised Head of EC Mission in Armenia Raul Lutzenberger, political advisers to the EU Special Representative in South Caucasus Andrei Dydenko and Rasa Ostrauskaite, as well as French Ambassador to Armenia Serge Smesov. The parties spoke of post-election developments in Armenia. In particular, they have touched upon the unlicensed rally-caused recent unrest in the capital leading to increased tensions in the country and reviewed possible ways out of the situation. According to the EU Special Representative, all sides must assume responsibility for the current situation in order not to deepen the social gap and resolve the issue through political dialog. "We want to bring countries in South Caucasus closer to the European Union and are prepared to do our utmost toward this end," -Peter Szemneby said.
Serzh Sargsyan stressed that he has strong determination and deems that the instigators of mass disorders - those having committed criminal offences - must be punished. He reiterated his willingness of cooperation as already stated during his speech in the Republic Square and mentioned that talks are underway with opposition forces, with some positive results having been obtained already to be made public on the days to come. "We stand ready to cooperation and open dialog with all those who wish for Armenia
's development and its citizens' prosperity, our country's stability and strengthening," - RA President-elect, Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan said.
