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Armenia to be disqualified from "Millennium Challenges" corporation account of political indicators keeps on decreasing in country: corporation representative

Armenia Materials 8 November 2006 17:20 (UTC +04:00)

(ArmInfo) - It is very important for the RA Government to seriously consider the remarks of the remedial organization "Freedom House", which condemned the insufficiency of democratic processes in the country, the representative of the " He reminded that the means, allocated within the frames of the Corporation's program, are envisaged for assistance to poor countries, t that, independent indicators of such organizations as Freedom House are taken as a basis, reports Trend.

"Despite the fact that Armenia was adequate to participate in the program since 2004, the country, according to the agreement, is obliged to maintain the necessary qualities of its usefulness over the whole time of grant action", Russin said. Moreover, it is expected that these indicators will improve over time. "At present, Armenia is a useful country to grant financing to it in 2007. Some indicators, political, in particular, which keep on decreasing, cause anxiety.

He added if the decrease of indicators does not stop, very likely, the indicators for 2008 will become the reason of Armenia's disqualification from the Corporation Account. He noted that holding of free and fair elections in 2007 will sufficiently improve the situation with political indicators. Otherwise, if the elections are poorly conducted, it will negatively affect the indicators, which in its turn, will cause the country's disqualification.

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