EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENT MODEL HAS NO ALTERNATIVE IN SOUTH CAUCASUS: EXPERT

ARKA
May 22, 2008

YEREVAN, May 22. /ARKA/. Achievements of the South Caucasus countries
in the past 5-6 years show that European integration development is
the only right model for the region, according to Director of the
Armenian-European Policy and Legal Advice Center (AEPLAC) Tigran
Jrbashyan.

The EU experience can become an impetus to reforms, as the countries
that implement European models advance, Jrbashyan said today at the
Caucasus 2007 international conference on social-economic development
in the South Caucasus.

The AEPLAC Director stressed the importance of the New European
Neighborhood Policy.

The New European Neighborhood Policy must be in line with the
objectives of the governments of the countries involved in the process,
he said.

The expert believes the only country that can swerve from the course is
Azerbaijan, as it can easily implement the so-called resource-oriented
model of economy. "Armenia and Georgia have no alternative to the
European model of reforms," Jrbashyan said.