OSKANIAN INFORMED LITHUANIAN LEADER ON ARMENIA COOPERATION WITH EU AND NATO
Pan Armenian
18.10.2005 18:46 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian FM Vartan Oskanian yesterday met with
Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus, reported the Press Service of
the MFA of Armenia.
In the course of the meeting the parties underscored the need
for further development of bilateral relations. The Armenian FM
highlighted Lithuania’s support to provide for Armenia’s greater
involvement in European Neighborhood Policy, as well as Lithuania’s
experience of European integration. The parties agreed to continue
cooperation between Armenia and Lithuania within international
organizations. V. Oskanian appreciated Lithuania’s role in establishing
cooperation between the Baltic states and the Caucasus. The Minister
also presented the programs being implemented within the framework
of Armenia’s cooperation with the European Union and NATO, as well
as questions referring to Armenia-Turkey relations. The parties
also discussed regional issues, specifically ways of settlements
of conflicts available. V. Oskanian acquainted the Lithuanian
leader with the current stage of settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh
conflict. Last evening the Armenian FM met with representatives of
the Armenian community of Lithuania. Today Vartan Oskanian will meet
with Lithuanian FM Antanas Valionis, will visit Lithuanian Genocide
Museum and will make a statement at the Institute of International
Relations and Political Science of Vilnius.