MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA
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PRESS RELEASE
06-09-2005
Minister Oskanian receives Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, the
OSCE Chairman-in-Office
On September 6, Minister Oskanian received Slovenia’s Foreign Minister
Dimitrij Rupel in his capacity as OSCE Chairman-in-Office.
During the meeting, the sides exchanged views on the current stage of the
Nagorno Karabakh peace process. Minister Oskanian welcomed the interest of
the OSCE Slovenian chairmanship and the OSCE Troika in the South Caucasus,
as well as the efforts made by chairmanship for the peaceful settlement of
the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
Minister Rupel and Minister Oskanian highlighted the effective co-operation
between Armenia and OSCE Office in Yerevan in various spheres. The sides
also discussed OSCE reforms, Armenia’s constitutional reform process and the
up-coming referendum in November when the reform package will be voted upon.
They also discussed prospects for peace in light of the recent meetings of
the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan. During the press conference which
followed the meeting, Minister Rupel expressed the hope that during the
annual OSCE Ministerial Meeting, this year in Ljubljana, there may be a
paragraph noting positive progress in the peace process.
Representatives of the OSCE chair countries last year and next year
accompanied representatives of the Slovenian Foreign Ministry as the OSCE
troika. Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, Personal Representative of the
Chairman-in-Office of OSCE, and Ambassador Vladimir Pryakhin of the OSCE
Yerevan Office accompanied the Chairman-in-Office during his visit.