ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTER, US OFFICIAL DISCUSS TIES, REGIONAL AFFAIRS

Mediamax news agency
14 Oct 04

Yerevan, 14 October: Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan met
US Deputy Assistant Secretary for European Affairs Laura Kennedy in
Yerevan today.

At the meeting, Oskanyan and Kennedy exchanged opinions on the pressing
issues of mutual and international relations, the Armenian Foreign
Ministry press service told Mediamax news agency today. The sides
noted with satisfaction that Armenian-US relations are distinguished
by dynamic development and high level of predictability. They also
discussed the postwar reconstruction of Iraq and Armenia’s possible
participation in the process.

Oskanyan and Kennedy discussed the possibility of normalizing
Armenian-Turkish relations. Oskanyan expressed his concern about
Turkey’s blockade of Armenia and said that such an approach hampered
regional development.