MEDIAMAX -- "Armenia wants the European Union to work out and voice its position over the region of South Caucasus",Armenian President Robert Kocharian said at a briefing in Yerevan today. Robert Kocharian said this in reply to Mediamax's question at the joint press conference with the President of the Republic of Lithuania, Rolandas Paksas.

"We want the South Caucasus to become part of the sphere of European Union¹s direct interest", Armenian President stated. According to him, democratic changes and economic reforms going on in Armenia today are aimed at the rapprochement of the country to the standards of the European Union.

Robert Kocharian pointed out that the process of European integration will become much more effective if all three countries of the South Caucasus region coordinate their efforts.

Armenian president noted that the experience of coordinated European integration of countries of the Baltic region might be extremely useful for Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan.

"This is why we are responded favourably to Lithuania's initiative of drawing on the experience of Baltic regional cooperation in the South Caucasus, which was first voiced during my last year's visit to Vilnius", said Robert Kocharian.

Armenian President also noted that the coordination of efforts for the European integration will bring to the growth of investment attractiveness of the South Caucasus. Particularly, "the investors will perceive our region as a common economic space",Robert Kocharian concluded.