Athens News Agency, Greece
March 22 2006
Stylianidis to visit Armenia
Deputy Foreign Minister Evripidis Styliandis will be carrying out a
three-day visit to Armenia beginning on March 28 in order to enhance
bilateral economic and political ties and boost Greece’s
developmental presence in the country, the foreign ministry announced
on Wednesday, following a meeting between Stylianidis and Armenia’s
Ambassador in Athens Vahram Kahzoyan.
The minister’s visit to Erevan follows up a visit by Armenian
President Robert Kocharyan to Athens last November.
“There is an order and commitment from Prime Minister Costas
Karamanlis that I will convey during my visit, that Armenia takes
priority in Greece’s developmental policy and that there is a desire
to boost bilateral economic ties,” Styliandis said, noting that this
desire would “sealed” with the first Mixed Ministerial Committee that
will take place after four years.
The minister will be accompanied on the trip by members of the
Armenian community in Greece.
The Armenian side, meanwhile, has prepared a list of priority
projects for funding by Hellenic Aid, which Greece will assess based
on the possibility of providing funding, to what extent they interest
Greece and their added value to Greece’s developmental presence in
the area.
Both Greece and Armenia are member-states of the Black Sea Economic
Cooperation pact, while Greece is the only BSEC member that is also a
member of the EU and would like to activate action mechanisms and
initiatives for rapprochement between Black Sea countries and the EU.
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