ROMANIA’S PRESIDENT PAYS OFFICIAL VISIT TO ARMENIA

Rompres news agency, Bucharest,
4 Oct 06

Yerevan, 4 October: Rompres special correspondent Andreea Rotaru
reports: President Traian Basescu was received in Yerevan on Wednesday
[4 October] with military honours.

The official ceremony during which President of the Republic of
Armenia Robert Kocharyan received the Romanian president included
reviewing the guard of honour and playing the two national anthems
and was followed by face-to-face talks and talks in the plenum of
the two official delegations.

On this occasion the two heads of state are to tackle subjects
connected to the bilateral cooperation but also to the international
situation with emphasis on the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh.

So far there have been six visits at head of state’s level: Romania’s
presidents visited Armenia in 1996, 1998 and 2001 and Armenia’s
presidents came to Bucharest in 1994, 2000 and 2003. In exchange
there has been no official visit at prime minister’s level in Romania
or Armenia.