ARMENIA WOOS GEORGIA AHEAD OF UN DISCUSSION OF FROZEN CONFLICTS IN CIS

Mediamax News Agency, Armenia
Nov 1 2006

Yerevan, 1 November: The Armenian and Georgian foreign ministers,
Vardan Oskanyan and Gela Bezhuashvili, today met in Moscow on the
sidelines of a session of the council of foreign ministers of the
Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organizations’ member countries.

The foreign ministers of the two counties "discussed issues of
bilateral relations, the influence of the Russian-Georgian relations
on the region and the possibilities of softening the current tension,"
the press service of the Armenian Foreign Ministry told Mediamax today.

Oskanyan and Bezhuashvili also discussed the issue of signing the
action plans by Armenia and Georgia within the framework of the
European Union’s Neighbourhood Policy scheduled for 14 November. The
ministers said that the beginning of implementation of the action
plans will deepen cooperation between Armenia and Georgia towards
the European integration.

"The sides also exchanged views on issues of settling regional
conflicts, and in this context, they discussed eliminating possible
consequences of the initiatives [on the frozen conflicts] by GUAM
[regional alliance of Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova]
member countries in the UN", the press service of the Armenian Foreign
Ministry said.