European development only way out for ArmeniaMarch 11, 2009 - 16:51 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - European values are a kind of abstract mosaic with diverse mentalities and values. They are not in conflict with one another; on the contrary, they enrich the common European mentality, said Victor Yengibaryan, head of European Movement of Armenia during his interview with the PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. As he says, if we look at certain EU countries, England and Romania, for example, their mentality is too different from each other's and too contradictory, but taken together, they are considered to be part of European mentality.As Yengibaryan remarks, Armenia's only way out is following European development model and adopting European values. However, if we consider the fact that fundamental values like democracy, human rights, and the ideology of freedom have long been running in our blood, we can easily find the way to implement these values. After 70 years of totalitarian regime, at the stage of the transitional period, we need to have several mechanisms, the most important of which can be said to be education. "It should be noted that from institutional and technical point of view Armenia has established a legislative system and in this respect we are in advance of all South Caucasus countries and even Western Europe. But from the point of view of how these values are implemented in Armenia, there is room for improvement as Armenia falls behind all countries of Western Europe and South Caucasus," Yengibaryan noted. Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. Partner news | Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life, Strong Mind IDBank and Idram summarize the results of the May program of “The Power of One Dram”. Yerevan State University, Ucom sign Memorandum of Cooperation Rector of Yerevan State University Hovhannes Hovhannisyan and General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian signed the memorandum. EU to provide budgetary support to Armenia The agreement is aimed at increasing the competitiveness of the educational system of Armenia. Aliyev: No peace treaty unless Armenia changes constitution Azerbaijan will not sign a peace treaty with Armenia unless the latter changes its constitution, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said. |