"ELECTIONS TO BECOME LITMUS PAPER FOR FURTHER RELATIONS BETWEEN EU AND
ARMENIA," AMBASSADOR OF GERMANY STATES
YEREVAN, MARCH 27, NOYAN TAPAN. Though one of the main obligations
undertaken by Armenia when entering the Council of Europe was holding
of free and fair elections, all the previous elections in Armenia did
not correspond to the democratic demands. Heike Peitsch, the
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Germany to Armenia
stated about it at the March 27 conference dedicated to issues of
holding free and fair elections. "We attach very much importance to
the May 12 elections at the National Assembly of Armenia," the
Ambassador of the country presiding at present at the European Union
stated. In her words, the EU expects that the coming elections in
Armenia will be a progress on the way of democracy. "The elections
will become a litmus paper for the further relations between the EU
and Armenia. It will become clear after the elections if there is will
for democracy in Armenia or not," Heike Peitsch stated. She stressed
that the country authorities must secure fair elections. "Everything
depends on the political will of the authorities and parties, mass
media and, of course, of voters," the Ambassador of Germany
concluded. To recap, the conference was organized by the Council of
Europe Yerevan Representation.