LITHUANIAN DEFENSE MINISTER: WE APPRECIATE COOPERATION WITH SUCH
COUNTRY AS ARMENIA

05.04.2005 06:50

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian Defense Minister Serge Sargsian today met
with Lithuanian National Defense Minister Gediminas Kirkilas, the
Press Service of the Armenian Defense Ministry reported. “It is very
important to us to cooperate with you. We consider ourselves Europeans
and we work for becoming full members of the European family,” Serge
Sargsian noted. In his words, Armenia develops relations both with
European and other countries, which work for peace. “Armenia is the
second country after the US I paid an official visit to,” Kirkilas
noted. He said Lithuania is ready to cooperate with Armenia in all
fields, including the defense. “We appreciate cooperation with such
a country having rich historical past and culture as Armenia,â”
the head of the Lithuanian defense department added. Touching upon
the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement Serge Sargsian especially
emphasized the peace-making activities of the OSCE Minsk Group in the
11-year-long cease-fire regime. At the end of the meeting Gediminas
Kirkilas expressed readiness to discuss any proposals on military
cooperation between the two countries.

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