ARMENIAN PREMIER, LITHUANIAN PRESIDENT DISCUSS COOPERATION

Mediamax news agency
26 Apr 06

Yerevan, 26 April: Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus said in Yerevan
today that the development of relations with the South Caucasus
countries, which have chosen the European way of development, is
among the foreign policy priorities of Vilnius.

The Lithuanian president said this at a meeting with Armenian Prime
Minister Andranik Markaryan, Mediamax has reported.

Stressing the importance of the international regional initiatives and
long-term cooperation in this direction, Adamkus said that a summit
of heads of state from Baltic and Black Sea countries would be held
in Vilnius on 4-5 May 2006 with the participation of high-ranking
officials from the USA, European Union and NATO.

At the meeting, Andranik Markaryan spoke about the successful
expansion of Armenia’s cooperation with NATO. He said that Armenia
considered this cooperation as one of the key components of its
European integration policy.

Markaryan went on to say that Armenia intended to use Individual
Partnership Action Plan between Armenia and NATO as effective as
possible and hoped for Lithuania’s assistance in this context.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress