Serzh Sargsyan: bribery and corruption are main impediments to Armenia's progressDecember 18, 2010 - 16:53 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian President, Chairman of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) Serzh Sargsyan said that currently bribery and corruption are the main impediments to Armenia's progress. In some post-Soviet countries the problem has been resolved, Sargsyan said during a solemn sitting of the RPA on the occasion of the party's 20th anniversary. "Certainly, it has not been solved completely there, but bribery and corruption have been minimized so that people started trusting state officials, policemen and judges. It is not a tale, but a reality. It is our tomorrow's reality," the President said. Mr. Sargsyan noted that the country's leadership is proud of law-abiding Armenians, who reside outside Armenia. "I strongly believe that the day is not far off when we will be proud of the fact that Armenian citizens are law-abiding," Sargsyan said, adding that people respect the law when it is efficient for everyone. According to Mr. Sargsyan, the state structures should ensure equality before the law and inevitability of punishment, concluded Mr. Sargsyan. Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion. Partner news | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. |