ARMENIA PRESIDENT TO GERMANY TO TALK ON COOPERATION PROSPECTS
ITAR-TASS, Russia
Nov 15 2006
YEREVAN, November 15 (Itar-Tass) – Armenian President Robert Kocharyan
on Wednesday embarks on a three-day working visit to Germany in order
to discuss prospects for political and economic cooperation between
the two countries.
The Armenian president will meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel,
Bundestag chairman Norbert Lammert and Berlin mayor Klaus Wowereit.
Together with the Bundestag head Kocharyan will attend an opening
ceremony of the new Armenian Embassy building in Berlin.
In recent years, the Armenian-German political dialogue has noticeably
intensified, the republic’s presidential staff said.
Armenian officials explain it, on the one hand by the growing interest
of Germany and the European Union toward the South Caucasus region
and on the other – importance Yerevan attaches to European integration.
Armenia attaches major importance to the political dialogue with
Germany both in the context of bilateral relations development and
European and North Atlantic cooperation, the Armenian presidential
administration officials stressed. In particular, they hope for
considerable support of Germany in issues of the development of
cooperation with South Caucasus countries within the framework of the
"European neighbourhood policy" of the EU by way of the development
and implementation of specific programmes.