ARMENIA READY TO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE ON ENHANCING BSEC’S EFFICIENCY

ARKA News Agency, Armenia
June 8 2006

Yerevan, June 7. /ARKA/. Armenia is ready to actively participate
in enhancing the efficiency of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation
Organizations (BSEC), RA Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan stated at a
meeting with Secretary General of the BSEC International Secretariat
Leonidas Chrisanthopoulos.

Minister Oskanyan pointed out that BSEC is a completely formed
organization, which has accumulated a great potential for multilateral
cooperation through applying the experience of regional cooperation.

In his turn, Leonidas Chrisanthopoulos presented the organization’s
further programs, including the reforms of the Istanbul-based BSEC
Secretariat.

The sides also discussed a number of issues on the agenda of the
forthcoming meeting of Foreign Ministers, as well as of the Summit
of the BSEC Presidents and Foreign Ministers on the occasion of the
15th anniversary of the organization next year.

Speaking of the BSEC’s programs, Minister Oskanyan pointed out
that the principal pledge of development of regional energy and
transport infrastructures is the development of BSEC. In this aspect,
the re-operation of the existing infrastructures is of paramount
importance.