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PRESS RELEASE

February 13, 2005

Minister Oskanian Attended 41st Munich Conference on Security Policy

On 12 February, Minister Oskanian participated in the 41st Munich
Conference of Security Policy. The keynote speakers at the Conference
were Kofi Annan, UN Secretary General, Horst Koehler, Germany’s
President, Gerhard Schroeder Chancellor, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, NATO
Secretary General, Donald Rumsfeld, US Defense Secretary and others.

This important international forum stressed the need for conflict
resolution through dialogue. In this framework, the participants
referred to the Middle East peace process and shift of priorities
due to the changes in US Administration.

More than 250 high-ranking officials and politicians attending the
Conference also reflected on the future of NATO and its leadership
in the context of foreign policy and security doctrines currently
taking shape in Europe and discussed the impact of developments in
the Ukraine and Georgia on integration processes taking place in the
post-Soviet space.

In the outskirts of the Conference, Minister Oskanian had bilateral
meetings and discussions with Kofi Annan, UN Secretary General, Jaap de
Hoop Scheffer, NATO Secretary General, Antanas Valionis, Lithuania’s
Foreign Minister, Bernd Mutzelburg, Director General, Foreign Policy
and Security Advisor, Federal Chancellery, Federal Republic of Germany,
Dr. Michael Schaefer, Germany’s Foreign Office Political Director.