ITAR-TASS, Russia
April 24 2004
Armenia’s president Robert Kocharyan to visit France
YEREVAN, April 24 (Itar-Tass) – President Robert Kocharyan of Armenia
will head for France on a working visit on Sunday. He plans to meet
his French counterpart Jacques Chirac on Monday, the presidential
press service reported on Saturday.
One of the key topics of the talks will be the settlement of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. France is a co-chairman of the OSCE Minsk
Group on Nagorno-Karabakh alongside with Russia and the USA and takes
an active part in the conflict’s settlement.
During the talks the presidents will also discus bilateral political
dialogue and economic cooperation.
On Sunday evening, Kocharyan and his wife will attend a concert by
Charles Aznavur at the Paris Palace of Congresses that will be
devoted to the 80th birthday of the prominent French singer and
songwriter of Armenian descent.
The Armenian president also plans to meet the head of the French
company `Bouig’ Olivier Bouig.
On April 27, Kocharyan and his delegation will leave Paris for Warsaw
to attend the World Economic Forum. He will take part in a working
meeting on the Caucasus and meet with the Forum’s President Klaus
Schwab. Within the framework of the Forum Kocharyan will meet with
the Polish and Georgian presidents, Alexander Kwasniewski and Mikhail
Saakashvili.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress