DANIEL FRIED HAS MEETINGS WITH RA PRESIDENT, DEFENCE AND FOREIGN MINISTERS, HEADS OF PARTIES

Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Mar 16 2006

YEREVAN, MARCH 16, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. Assistant Secretary
for European and Eurasian Affairs Daniel Fried, accompanied by Senior
Advisor for Eurasia Steven Mann, visited Armenia March 15-16 as part of
regional travel. Assistant Secretary Fried traveled to Azerbaijan and
Georgia March 13-15, and will depart for Ankara, Turkey on March 16.

According to the official information submitted to Noyan Tapan
by the Public Ties Department of the U.S. Embassy to Armenia, in
Armenia, Assistant Secretary Fried held meetings with President
Robert Kocharian, Minister of Defense Serzh Sargsian, Minister of
Foreign Affairs Vartan Oskanian, and political leaders from the full
spectrum of local political parties. A number of issues were discussed
during the meetings, including the U.S.-Armenian bilateral relations,
democracy, and Nagorno-Karabakh.

This trip was Ambassador Fried’s second visit to Armenia since his
appointment as Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian
Affairs in May 2005. Prior to this position, Ambassador Fried served
as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for European
and Eurasian Affairs at the National Security Council.