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PRESS RELEASE

07-03-2006

Minister Oskanian Receives Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew J. Bryza

Minister Oskanian received Matthew Bryza, Deputy Assistant Secretary of
State for European and Eurasian Affairs on March 7.

During the meeting, the two discussed the present status and future
prospects for Armenian-American relations, as well as a wide range of
international and regional issues. The Minister expressed appreciation for
the US Government’s continuing support of Armenia’s democratic development,
human rights protections and economic reforms. In this connection, they
discussed some details associated with the Millennium Challenge Compact to
be signed in Washington later this month.

Further, the Minister and the Deputy Assistant Secretary focused on regional
energy issues from the perspective of Armenia’s energy diversification
efforts.

Minister Oskanian briefed Mr. Bryza on some key issues in Armenian foreign
policy, paying special attention to implementation of Armenia’s NATO
Individual Partnership Action Plan and ongoing talks with the EU on the
European Neighborhood Policy, the second phase of which had concluded
successfully on March 6.

Toward the end of the meeting, Mr. Oskanian and Mr. Bryza explored several
issues having to do with regional cooperation, as well as the situation that
followed the recent presidential meeting on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
settlement.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress