Public Television of Armenia, Yerevan, in Armenian
17 Nov 04

Armenian president, German chancellor discuss relations

Presenter High-level negotiations have started in Germany. The
Armenian president Robert Kocharyan met Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder
in the German capital Berlin about two hours ago. Schroeder
characterized the two countries’ relations as friendly. He also spoke
about achievements in economic cooperation, noting that the
Armenian-German trade had increased by 40 per cent as against the
last year.

Correspondent Lilit Setrakyan from Berlin, on telephone The Armenian
president’s plane landed at Berlin Tegel airport this afternoon.
Robert Kocharyan’s working visit started with the meeting with the
German chancellor. Gerhard Schroeder met Robert Kocharyan at his
residence.

The ethnic Armenian children welcomed the Armenian president here.
Before the meeting, Schroeder spoke about the German-Armenian
relations at a briefing. The two countries have no problems, their
relations are friendly in the economic and political spheres, he
said.

Passage omitted: reiteration

Robert Kocharyan and Gerhard Schroeder also discussed the
opportunities for increasing the German investments in Armenia.
Schroeder noted that the main condition for the investments was how
they would be protected and how favourable the business atmosphere in
Armenia would be.

Robert Kocharyan and Gerhard Schroeder discussed the EU’s New
Neighbourhood programme as well.

Passage omitted: Kocharyan attended concert by German Armenians

Video showed the meeting

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress