ARKA News Agency, Armenia
Oct 27 2006

FOREIGN MINISTER OF ARMENIA HIGHLY ESTIMATES ACTIVITY OF MARSHALL
FUND IN REGION

YEREVAN, October 27. /ARKA/. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia
Vartan Oskanian received a group of experts in conflict from Marshall
Fund and representatives of the U.S. Congress.
On Thursday Press and Information Department of the RA Foreign
Ministry informed ARKA News Agency that Oskanian had highly estimated
activities of the Fund and its continual contacts with the regional
states, which enabled to learn more about various directions of
politics of those countries.
During the meeting participants discussed regional problems,
cooperation of Armenia with the NATO and the EU, several aspects of
Russian-Georgian relations.
Oskanian presented the process of peace talks over the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, as well as touched upon the
Armenian-Turkish relations.
The Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) is a nonpartisan
American public policy and grantmaking institution dedicated to
promoting greater cooperation and understanding between the United
States and Europe.
Founded in 1972 as a permanent memorial to Marshall Plan assistance,
GMF maintains a strong presence on both sides of the Atlantic. In
addition to its headquarters in Washington, DC, GMF has six offices
in Europe: Berlin, Bratislava, Paris, Brussels, Belgrade, and Ankara.
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