The allegations about the embarkation of the United States Government on a campaign to destabilize the newly independent states of the former Soviet Union the entirely unfounded, US Ambassador to Armenia John Evans stated when addressing the American University of Armenia. “One hears and reads that US embassies have been turned into headquarters for fomenting such revolutions, that millions of dollars have been channeled to groups plotting to seize power. I have not yet heard it alleged that the United States has sent anyone into this part of the world in a sealed train, but it would not surprise me to hear such a thing”, he added. When touching upon the formation of democratic institutes in Armenia Mr. Evans said, “The job of building democracy in the Republic of Armenia has been well started. The main principles of freedom and democracy have found their expression in the Constitution and major legislation that is now on the books. But what still needs work is the job of building and strengthening the institutions that make a democracy function as it should. The United States remains committed to helping Armenia — its government, courts, parliament, political parties and citizens — build, strengthen and refine the free institutions of which President Bush has spoken. Over the next few years, and in particular in the time remaining before the elections of 2007 and 2008, the United States will work actively with our Armenian partners to help make those institutions as good as they can be, for the good of the people of Armenia, and for the advancement of freedom in the world.”
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