MINISTER OSKANIAN IN BRUSSELS FOR COOPERATION COUNCIL MEETING

Panorama.am
12:46 14/11/06

Minister Oskanian is in Brussels to participate in the 7th session
of the Armenia-EU Cooperation Council.

Together with the foreign ministers of Georgia and Azerbaijan,
Minister Oskanian met with the EU leadership — the Foreign Minister
of Finland, which holds the EU Presidency, the Secretary of State of
Germany which will hold the Presidency in the first half of 2007 as
well as EU High Representative, Javier Solana, and External Relations
Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner.

During the first day’s dinner meeting, the participants discussed
developments in the region, including Caucasus states’ relations
with neighbors, and also prospects for regional cooperation. Regional
conflicts, especially Nagorno Karabakh, were the focus of much of the
discussion, particularly in light of the upcoming meeting between the
foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan. The dinner meeting was
followed by a press conference, during which Minister Oskanian thanked
the EU for its persistence in concluding the Action Plan process.

He also noted that "this year’s meeting of the Cooperation Council
will be particularly memorable because it represents the beginning of
a new chapter – for each of us individually, for our relations with
the EU, and for the EU itself." The meeting was followed by a Press
Conference. On November 14, during the formal Council meeting the
European Neighborhood Policy Action Plan will be adopted. Press and
information department of Ministry of foreign affairs of the Republic
of Armenia.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress