RA PRESIDENT HIGHLY ESTIMATES SWITZERLAND’S ASSISTANCE TO REFORMS IMPLEMENTED IN ARMENIA
Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Jun 12 2006
YEREVAN, JUNE 12, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. On June 12, the
delegation led by Micheline Calmy-Rey, Head (Minister) of the Swiss
Foreign Affairs Federal Department, was received by RA President
Robert Kocharian. The delegation is in Armenia on an official
visit. The President expressed satisfaction with the current level of
Armenian-Swiss relations. He highly estimated Switzerland’s assistance
to the process of reforms implemented in Armenia, mentioned the
involvement of the Swiss Development and Cooperation Agency in some
programs. Robert Kocharian particularly touched upon the Tsakhkadzor
program attaching importance to it from point of view of development
of winter tourism and long-term development of Tsakhkadzor. The
Swiss Foreign Minister said that her country attentively follows
the developments in the South Caucasian region, especially being
interested in issues of stability, security and migration.
According to her, Armenia has a great capital of sympathy in
Switzerland, which is also thanks to the Swiss Armenians. Mentioning
that the indices in the economic sphere are rather modest, the sides
emphasized the necessity of more coordinated cooperation. In this
respect they attached importance to the agreement “On Avoiding Double
Taxation” signed between the two countries today, as well as to the
Swiss Invest Forum being held in these days in Zurich, to business
contacts. As Noyan Tapan was informed from RA President’s Press
Office, the interlocutors also estimated the cooperation between the
two countries within the framework of international organizations
as efficient.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
