YEREVAN, JUNE 15, NOYAN TAPAN. According to ARFD Bureau member, head of the RA National Assembly ARFD faction Vahan Hovhannisian, U.S. State Department's report publicized on June 10 "as always mixes up everything together:" there are right estimations, but there are also exaggerations. He said this at a press briefing held on June 12 at the RA National Assembly. The report, in particular, mentioned that "the 2008 presidential elections held with huge shortcomings led to a political crisis, which is not overcome up to now." "The report contains points that are not especially subject of argument, I think all of us know that the 2008 presidential elections proceeded not in the best way, mutual intolerance resulted in conflicts, there were victims in the conflicts, and a political crisis emerged," he said. According to the ARFD deputy, report's provision that the crisis is not overcome up to now is disputable and exaggerated. However, according to him, on the other hand, "the unpleasant and unacceptable consequences of these elections are perceptible up to now and will still long be perceptible, it is obvious." V. Hovhannisian also mentioned that it is a little unintelligible that Armenia's small communities will suffer from all this, as on the basis of the report the Millennium Challenge Corporation Board of Directors decided to stop funding the road construction subprogram to the amount of 68m USD, which has an immediate relation to these communities.

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