EU WILL FURTHER WORK FOR OPENING ARMENIAN-TURKISH BORDER

Pan Armenian News
14.06.2005 03:17

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Gegham Gharibjanyan
yesterday met with UK special envoy to South Caucasus Brian Fall
and head of the Foreign Office Department of Eastern countries of
the Simon Smith. British Ambassador to Armenia Thorda Abbott-Watt
was also present at the meeting, reported the Press Service of the
Armenian Foreign Ministry. In the course of the meeting G. Gharibjanyan
briefed B. Fall on the content of Armenia’s proposals within the EU
Wider Europe: New Neighbors Program. He also said that in a few days
Armenian FM V. Oskanian will officially hand the document to the EU
Council. In his turn B. Fall underscored that UK will assume the EU
Presidency starting on July 1 and he said he was sure his country will
further actively involve in implementation of economic and political
programs in the South Caucasus. Besides, the interlocutors discussed
UK’s possible assistance to the countries of the region working
out a program of actions within the Wider Europe: New Neighbors
program. The parties discussed the issue of the Armenian-Turkish
relations and the talks over Turkey’s accession to the EU, scheduled
this October. It was noted that the question of the soonest opening
of the Armenian-Turkish border is important to the EU, which will
continue actively working for the final solution of the problem.