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Oskanian meets counterpart, local Armenian community in Singapore

Noyan Tapan News Agency
Oct 14 2005

VARTAN OSKANIAN MEETS WITH HIS COLLEAGUE, LOCAL ARMENIAN COMMUNITY IN
SINGAPORE

SINGAPORE, OCTOBER 14, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. Vartan
Oskanian, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia who is on an
official visit to countries of Asia and Pacific Ocean, met with his
colleague George Yeo on October 13 in Singapore.

At the meeting Minister Oskanian presented briefly the state of
Armenia within the present geographic-political surroundings,
opportunies of the region and development tendencies. Then exchange
of ideas was promoted around a number of issues of mutual interest.

In this sense, possibilities of development of bilateral relations
were discussed starting with holding consultations between the
Foreign Ministries and creation of a legal-contractual field. The
possibilities of holding a consultation concerning the Singaporian
development experience was also discussed. Appreciating the attempt
of cooperation in international organizations, especcially the UN, a
bilateral readiness was expressed to deepen that cooperation from now
on as well.

As Noyan Tapan was ifnormed by the RA Foreign Ministry’s Information
and Public Relations’ Department, conflicts present in different
parts of the world and ways of their settlement were spoken about at
the meeting. Within this framework, Minister Oskanian presented the
present state and prospects of the negotiation process of the Nagorno
Karabakh issue.

On the same day, Minister Oskanian visited the Armenian Church of
Singapore and had a meeting with local Armenians.

In the evening, V.Oskanian had a working visit with Zainul Abidin
Rasheed, the State Minister of Singapore. Late on the same day, RA
Foreign Minister left Singapore for Yerevan.

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