Mirzoyan says bureaucracy must not prevail over political decisions in Armenia's integration to EU

Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan stated that bureaucracy should not be allowed to prevail over political decisions regarding Armenia's integration into the EU.

“We should not allow bureaucracy to take over the political decisions,’’ Mirzoyan said at a  high-level discussion titled "From Lisbon to Yerevan: Envisioning Europe’s Strategy for the Wider Neighborhood" within the framework of the Warsaw Security Forum.

“Politics is the area, the way where we should, our nations, our country should make decisions. Politically, the EU should decide. You know, we will be continuing our reforms, we will be strengthening our democratic institutions, we will be raising the standards for our goods to make the integration possible. At the end of the day, the decision should be political. If you, as the EU, let us in, then all of us, we will benefit. If you say “no” to us, then we will still have reformed political institutions, we will benefit from it as well.

So yes, we should be bolder, more political, less bureaucratic,’’ he said.