OSCE chief arrives in Armenia

Arminfo
30 Mar 05

YEREVAN

The regional visit of Slovenian Foreign Minister and OSCE
Chairman-in-Office Dimitrij Rupel to Armenia started today.

Arminfo has learnt from the OSCE that the programme of the visit of
the OSCE official includes meetings with Armenian President Robert
Kocharyan, Prime Minister Andranik Markaryan, Foreign Minister Vardan
Oskanyan, Chairman of the National Assembly Artur Bagdasaryan, and the
president of the Nagornyy Karabakh Republic, Arkadiy Gukasyan.

The source said that the diplomat will have the opportunity to hold
discussions on special topics with leaders of the OSCE member
countries in the South Caucasus, including on the Nagornyy Karabakh,
Abkhaz and South Ossetia conflicts. In each country, the chairman’s
talks will cover a range of issues on the current political agenda of
the OSCE, including a strategy for promoting democratic processes in
the region.

[Passage omitted: Rupel to leave for Kyrgyzstan today; reference to
his interview with the agency]