ArmInfo.The U.S. Embassy in Armenia together with USAID- Armenia intend to continue contributing to the agenda of democratic reforms of the Armenian government.
"The U.S. Embassy in Yerevan is pleased to see that Armenia continues to make impressive progress on its path to a democratic society, achieving the largest two-year improvement of any country in the history of Freedom House's Nations in Transit Democracy Score. Along with USAID Armenia we are committed to supporting the reforms needed to move Armenia forward in its path to democracy and rule of law." the U.S. Embassy wrote on Facebook.
It should be noted that on May 6, Freedom House published a report entitled "Nations in Transit 2020: Dropping the Democratic Facade", where the democracy index of Armenia is 3 units. Moreover, Armenia is in the category of semi- consolidated authoritarian states. Together with Armenia, Georgia (3.25 units), Moldova (3.11 units) and Ukraine (3.39 units) are among the transitional regimes.
The document notes that: < Despite their leaders' choices, citizens' yearning for democracy remains strong. Major transformations driven by public demands for better governance have been under way in Armenia and Ukraine, with the former earning the largest two- year improvement ever recorded in Nations in Transit. Armenian prime minister Nikol Pashinyan and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy will now face the difficult challenge of managing expectations, maintaining trust, and restructuring corrupt systems without contravening democratic norms>.