ARMENIAN, AUSTRALIAN FMs DISCUSS DEVELOPMENT OF BILATERAL RELATIONS

ARKA News Agency, Armenia
Oct 10 2005

YEREVAN, October 10. /ARKA/. RA Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan and
Australian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Alexander Downer
discussed prospects of developing bilateral relations, stressing an
important role of the Armenian community in Australia in intensifying
bilateral economic relations. Minister Oskanyan informed his Australian
counterpart of the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement and of Armenia’s
relations with its neighbors. The Ministers expressed satisfaction
with bilateral cooperation within international organizations. Minister
Oskanyan invited Minister Downer to visit Armenia.

The RA Foreign Minister also held meetings with other Australian
Government officials, representatives of the Armenian-Australian
Chamber of Commerce. He also visited the Armenian community center
and made a speech.

An Armenian delegation led by RA Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan
paid an official visit to Australia on October 9, 2005.