ARMENIAN ENVOY TO NATO HANDS OVER CREDENTIALS TO SECRETARY GENERAL

BRUSSELS, OCTOBER 5, ARMENPRESS: Armenia’s recently appointed envoy
to NATO, Samvel Mkrtchian, handed his credentials to NATO Secretary
General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer on October 4 at NATO headquarters in
Brussels.

Armenian foreign ministry said following the ceremony NATO
Secretary General and Armenian envoy discussed the details of
Scheffer’s upcoming visit to Armenia, as well as issues on
NATO-Armenia cooperation, South Caucasian developments and regional
conflicts regulation. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said NATO will attach
bigger attention to the South Caucasus with the aim to increase its
stability and create new development prospects.

Samvel Mkrtchian was appointed new Armenia envoy to NATO by
president Kocharian on September 10, replacing Vigen Chitechian,
Armenian Ambassador to Belgium, who served simultaneously as envoy to
NATO. Before the appointmentSamvel Mkrtchian was head of the Foreign
Ministry’s European Department.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress