RA FOREIGN MINISTER AND DELEGATION OF EU TROIKA DISCUSS CURRENT STATE
AND PROSPECT OF ARMENIAN-TURKISH RELATIONS

YEREVAN, APRIL 20, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. Issues regarding
the third stage of the negotiations on EU-Armenia Actions Plan within
the framework of the EU New Neighborhood policy were discussed at
RA Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian’s April 20 meeting with the
delegation of EU Troika that arrived in Armenia within the framework
of the regional visit. Emphasizing that Armenia shares the same values
with EU, head of the delegation, State Secretary of Austrian Foreign
Ministry Hans Winkler said that EU attaches importance to progress in
the Caucasian region and especially to democratic processes. As Noyan
Tapan was informed from RA Foreign Ministry Press and Information
Department, the interlocutors exchanged thoughts about regional
problems, energy issues and development of democracy. They especially
stressed the necessity of holding free and fair parliamentary and
presidential elections in the future. RA Foreign Minister and the
members of the European delegation also touched upon the current
state and prospect of Armenian-Turlish relations in the light of the
negotiations on Turkey’s membership to EU. They exchanged thoughts
about the current state and prospects of the Nagorno Karabakh
settlement.

Ambassadors of Austria and Finland to Armenia, EU Special
Representative to the South Caucasus, representatives of the European
Commission and EU Council were also included in the delegation.