GELLUP’S SURVEYS DO NOT INSPIRE OSKANYAN
Support A1+!“Who wants to run for presidency declares about it. If I do not declare about it, it means I do not want to be a presidential candidate”, responded the RA Minister of Foreign Affairs Vardan Oskanyan to the question of A1+. Mr Oskanyan was reminded the results of the surveys of Gellup sociological center, according to which if the presidential elections were held this Sunday in Armenia, Vardan Oskanyan would become the president. In respond to this, the Minister said: “The results of the surveys of Gellup are interesting. But I am not interested in it; I do not even know the numbers, though it’s really interesting. But it does not inspire me to make me made a decision based on it”.
However hard the journalists try to find out under which circumstances Oskanyan would agree to run for presidency, in vain. Vardan Oskanyan is ready to officiate as the Minister of Foreign Affairs till 2008 presidential elections.
Today the main theme was the meetings in Brussels where Vardan Oskanyan met the chairs of NATO and the European Union. The Minister highly estimated the processes of individual collaboration both with EU’s “New Neighborhood Policy” and with NATO. “Important steps are taken to facilitate the acquisition of visa to Europe for the Armenian citizens”.
During the meetings the parties discussed the measures that would make the European markets attainable and available for Armenian producers. Vardan Oskanyan is also content with NATO-Armenia cooperation. “There is one fact that hampers the dynamic process of cooperation with NATO within the frameworks of Individual collaboration program. It refers to the civilization of Armenian defense system, which is to be carried out through legislative amendments. That is to say the civil service should be related to defense system. I see no problem in this regard. In my opinion that process is going on regular basis, but slowly. Naturally such amendments are not easy to carry out, the system always shows resistance”.
