ARMENIANS DO NOT CONSIDER THEMSELVES EUROPEANS
News.am
Nov 11 2009
Armenia
86% of Armenian citizens do not consider themselves Europeans but
Armenians, said Tevan Poghosyan, Executive Director of International
Center for Human Development at the discussions organized by Civilitas
foundation. According to him, soon the results of research conducted
by his organization will be available for public.
Poghosyan stated that often the commitment to make reforms in the
certain field or adopt a law remains ink on paper, as society is not
ready to European integration. He underlined that Armenia made choice
for EU in 1991 and should not glance back at Russia that opposes
the idea. The expert is confident that it is necessary to be guided
by national interests, but not shuffle everything off to friendship
with Russia. The latter might forget about century- long friendship
with Armenia or Belarus in the right time.
Meanwhile, Internews Armenia NGO director Nune Sargsyan expressed
confidence that Russia is a constraining factor on Armenia’s way to
European integration. She is sure that while choosing between Russia
and Europe, Armenia should side with the latter.