ArmInfo.German Ambassador to the Republic of Armenia Mattias Kiesler is confident that the upcoming parliamentary elections will be the most successful in the history of independent Armenia.
He stated this on November 14 at a briefing before signing a document between the Armenian government and European donors on financial support for the upcoming elections. According to the ambassador, the program was prepared in record time, which indicates its importance. ''We are confident that this will be the best election'', the Ambassador said, adding that Germany is investing 700 thousand euros in the program.
The "Support of electoral processes in Armenia" program, funded by the Government of Armenia, the EU, Germany, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Sweden, started today in Yerevan. They will respectively allocate $ 0.7 million, 1.5 million euros, 0.7 million euros, 0.5 million pounds sterling and 1.5 million Swedish crowns. Financial support will mainly focus on technical support for the elections and skills development.