Armenian officials, Norwegian speaker discuss cooperation

Public Television of Armenia, Yerevan
22 Jun 05

A delegation led by the head of the Norwegian parliament, Joergen
Kosmo, has arrived in Armenia for the first time. Armenian Speaker
Artur Bagdasaryan thanked the Norwegian government for the work of the
Armenian office of the Norwegian council on refugee affairs. Joergen
Kosmo spoke of Armenia’s important role in establishing peace and
stability in the region and stressed that any problems should be
solved only by political means.

He also expressed readiness to assist Armenia in establishing regional
ties.

Andranik Markaryan [Armenian prime minister] and Joergen Kosmo
discussed trade and economic relations and called for serious work in
boosting trade between the two countries and cooperation in the sphere
of high technologies, energy, agriculture, science, education and
culture.

The prime minister expressed the hope that the Norwegian council will
continue its work in Armenia and aid programmes to the tune of 12m
dollars will be implemented.

[Video showed the meetings]

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress