2 CRUCIAL DOCUMENTS FOR ARMENIA’S INTEGRATION INTO EUROPE PRESENTED
DURING ARMENIAN FM’S VISIT TO BRUSSELS
YEREVAN, JUNE 20. ARMINFO. 2 documents of crucial importance for
Armenia’s integration into Europe were presented during Armenian FM
Vardan Oskanyan’s recent visit to Brussels: Armenia’s individual
partnership plans with NATO and EU.
Oskanyan says that he has told NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop
Scheffer and the ambassadors of 26 NATO member states about Armenia’s
key foreign political priorities and approaches to cooperation with
NATO
The work on the documents will be finished by the end of this year.
In Brussels Oskanyan also met with the secretary general of EU council
Javier Solana. The sides discussed the Karabakh peace process,
regional cooperation process, the issue for opening the
Armenian-Turkish border, EU new transport and energy projects.
As to his recent visit to the US Oskanyan says that his key meeting
was with US State Secretary Condoleezza Rice. The sides discussed a
wide spectrum of Armenian-US relations which is dynamically developing
particularly in trade and economy. The US continues to actively
provide Armenia with humanitarian aid. Rice highly appreciated
Armenia’s involvement in the international anti-terror operations.
The sides also discussed internal political processes and democracy
building in Armenia and of course the recent developments in the
Karabakh peace process and Armenia’s relations with its neighbors
especially Turkey.
In the US Oskanyan also met with representatives of the Armenian
Caucus of the US Congress, Hay Dat and Armenian Assembly of America.
He also spoke at US National Club.