ICG: Armenia needs fair election to carry out reform

Unless Armenia's next presidential election is fair and gives its winner a strong political mandate, the government will lack the legitimacy needed to implement comprehensive reforms, tackle corruption and negotiate a peaceful end to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, according to the latest report of the International Crisis Group (ICG).

The report called Armenia: An Opportunity for Statesmanship examines the challenges before Armenia's February 2013 presidential vote that it calls "pivotal".

"Whoever is elected must accelerate implementation of much-needed governance and economic reforms and help restore momentum to diplomatic efforts to tackle the long-running territorial conflict with Azerbaijan that poses a danger to regional stability," said the ICG in a press release announcing the report.  Read more... (230 words)

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