OSKANYAN IS IN KAZAKHSTAN

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[07:38 pm] 01 June, 2006

RA Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan is currently in Kazakhstan on
two-day official visit.

On June 1 he met with Kasimjomart Tokayev, Kazakh Foreign Minister. The
key topics of the discussion were a number of issues of international
significance.

They both expressed their satisfaction on the level of the mutual
political relations.

Oskanyan underlined the organisation of meetings of business circles
and the implementation of cultural programs in both countries aimed
at promoting the mutual economic relations and the further and closer
recognition of the two sides.

Then they referred to the significance of the mutually profitable
cooperation in the framework of international organisations, CIS and
the Euroasian economic cooperation organization.

They also focused on the energy and transportation issues. On this
score Minister Tokayev expressed his position on a number of regional
programs especially on the integration of Kazakhstan in the projects
of the Kaspits region.

Taking into consideration the possiblitlity of Kazakhstan to preside
over the OSCE in 2009 the Armenian Minister presented his Khazakh
counterpart the developments of the Karabakh conflict.

At the end of the meeting Vardan Oskanyan invited his Kazakh
counterpart to Armenia on official visit.

Tomorrow, Oskanyan will meet with the represenatatives of the Armenian
community in Almati and then he will return to Armenia.