ArmenPress
Jan 11 2005

US AMBASSADOR COMMENDS ARMENIAN DM FOR HIS FRANKNESS

YEREVAN, JANUARY 11, ARMENPRESS: A spokesman for Armenian defense
ministry said the US ambassador John Evans commended today Armenian
defense minister Serzh Sarkisian for his repeated statements calling
for a peaceful resolution of the Armenian-Azeri conflict over Nagorno
Karabagh.
The spokesman, Seyran Shahsuvarian, said the ambassador and the
minister met today to wish one another Happy New year and expressed
hope that the warm relations between the US and Armenia will continue
through 2005.
The spokesman also said the two men spoke about the upcoming
inspectoral visits within the frameworks of the Vienna agreement. He
added the ambassador complimented the minister for his
straightforwardness regarding the ongoing world developments and his
broad outlook, which he said are contributing greatly to boosting
bilateral relations.
Among other things the two men also discussed regular monitoring
of the line of contact between Azeri and Armenian troops, exchange of
PoWs and extending cooperation between various non-governmental
organizations and the army.