ARMENIA WANTS TO INCULCATE EUROPEAN VALUES IN ARMENIAN SOCIETY AGAIN
ARKA News Agency, Armenia
June 18 2007
YEREVAN, June 18./ARKA/. Armenia carries out serious steps toward
inculcating European values in the Armenian society, Speaker of the
Armenian parliament Tigran Torosyan said.
The press service of the Armenian parliament reported that at the
meeting with the Caucasian-Caspian Commission’s (CCC) delegation
for facts collection Torosyan pointed out that Armenia has been cut
off from European values for about two centuries due to objective
historical reasons, and this period definitely had an impact on the
public consciousness.
The Armenian Speaker emphasized the fact that Armenia has been a member
of the Council of Europe for already six years, and "it is time to
speak about Armenia’s return to Europe". Torosyan also pointed to
the importance of reviewing deep-rooted ideas in the Armenia-Europe
relations.
Speaking about ways of assistance from the CCC, Torosyan pointed
to the necessity of creating conditions for the Armenian youth to
study social sciences at European universities, and emphasized the
significance of building a comprehensive insight into regional issues.
Speaker Torosyan also wished success to the CCC on the way of resolving
complicated issues, pointed to the importance of their concretization,
and expressed readiness for cooperation.
The Caucasian-Caspian Commission’s (CCC) delegation for facts
collection, led by Scottish Ex-Speaker of parliament George Reed,
is now paying a regional visit to Yerevan.
The EU Caucasian-Caspian Commission was created in February 2007 in
Brussels. It is aimed at forming a future vision of the region and
its European dimension. The commission’s primary issues are conflict
settlement, democracy, energy security, and regional cooperation. The
commission will work in several formats: plenary sessions, working
groups, consulting visits to countries of the region, EU and USA,
workshops and conferences.