RA FOREIGN MINISTER MENTIONS EXTENSION OF ARMENIAN-ITALIAN COOPERATION IN ALL DIRECTIONS

YEREVAN, MAY 18, NOYAN TAPAN. Mr. Enrico La Loggia, Italian Minister
of Territorial Issues, is in Armenia on a 2-day official visit. On
May 18, Vartan Oskanian, RA Foreign Minister, received him. According
to RA Foreign Ministry’s Press and Information Department, Minister
Oskanian mentioned extension of Armenian-Italian cooperation in
all directions. Attaching importance to the positive tendencies of
development, especially after RA President’s official visit to Italy in
early 2005, the interlocutors emphasized extension of mutual interest
in separate spheres. In this respect, the parties, in particular,
mentioned the prospective directions of SMEs, tourism and sport,
preservation of cultural values, activization of cooperation at
regional level and other directions. Then the sides touched upon
issues relating to cooperation within the framework of international
structures. The Ministers, in particular, exchanged thoughts about
UN reforms.