KOCHARIAN RECEIVES SENIOR U.S. DIPLOMATS

Armenpress
Mar 16 2006

YEREVAN, MARCH 16, ARMENPRESS: US assistant secretary of state
for European and Eurasian affairs Daniel Fried, and Steven Mann,
US cochairman in the OSCE Minks group, mediating talks on Karabakh
dispute, who arrived in Yerevan on March 15 later afternoon, were
received today by president Robert Kocharian and met with foreign
minister Vartan Oskanian.

Kocharian’s press office said the two sides exchanged views on a
set of issues of bilateral interest, as well as discussed regional
and energy-related issues. They also discussed the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict resolution process and referred to the Millennium Challenges
Account program.

A separate press release from the foreign ministry said the two sides
exchanged views on a set of issues of bilateral interest and stated
that resolution of the current regional conflicts would allow a full
use of available potential of the region. Oskanian and U.S. diplomats
dwelt also on Armenian-Turkish relations, focusing, particularly,
on opening of borders and resumption of communication routes.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress