Almost three quarters of Armenians see the European Union as an important partner, with almost six in ten (58%) having a positive image of the EU, according to ENPI Info Center’s survey.

These findings are drawn from the third in a series of opinion polls carried out at six-month intervals between December 2009 and November 2010. The polls questioned 400 members of the Armenian general public, as part of an EU-funded survey of attitudes towards the EU, carried out across the Neighbourhood partners.

The November 2010 survey also finds that human rights, absence of corruption, rule of law and peace and security top the list when respondents are asked to select the single most important value, identical to the previous polls. More and more Armenians also identify fighting corruption (53%) as a key challenge for the country, overtaking ensuring healthy economic growth (50%, down from 58% a year earlier), while they are also less worried about security and defence (41%, down from 50%).