US embassy cable - 05YEREVAN1678

UNCLAS YEREVAN 001678 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
E.O. 12958; N/A 
TAGS: PGOV, PREL, IZ, AM 
SUBJECT: ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTERY STATEMENT SUPPORTS IRAQI 
CONSTITUTIONAL PROCESS 
 
REF: STATE 158420 
 
Sensitive but unclassified.  Please treat accordingly. 
 
1.(SBU) On August 31, 2005 we presented reftel points to the 
Head of the MFA Press and Information Department Hamlet 
Gasparian and the Head of the MFA Media Relations Division 
Vladimir Karapetian.  Karapetian told us that the MFA would 
seek an opportunity to express publicly the GOAM's support 
for the constitutional process in Iraq. 
 
2. (U) On September 9, in response to a question from 
Armenpress News Agency on Iraq's constitutional referendum, 
Deputy Foreign Minister Arman Kirakossian made the following 
statement: "We have followed the process of the Iraqi 
constitutional referendum. In a country like Iraq, with 
great religious and national diversity, the Constitution 
adoption process is not only a vital and critical process, 
but also a complex process. We appreciate the willpower and 
efforts of the Iraqi political forces. We believe that the 
people of Iraq will adopt a constitution that will enhance 
the further development and stability of Iraq, and that it 
will correspond to the national and vital interests of all 
its people." 
 
EVANS