ARMENIAN, GERMAN LEADERS DISCUSS BILATERAL RELATIONS

Mediamax News Agency, Armenia
Nov 16 2006

Yerevan, 16 November: Armenian President Robert Kocharyan met German
Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin today.

The two countries’ leaders discussed bilateral relations and noted that
they have considerably improved over the last few years, a Mediamax
correspondent reported from Berlin. The sides also noted that the
German government and private investors are playing an important role
in implementing various economic projects in Armenia.

Kocharyan and Merkel also discussed issues related to prospects of
Armenia’s integration into Europe. From 1 January 2007, Germany will
take over the presidency of the European Union for six months and
the European Neighbourhood Policy will be one of the priorities of
its presidency.

The Armenian president and the German chancellor also exchanged
views about the situation in the South Caucasus and touched on
Armenian-Turkish relations in the context of the talks on Turkey’s
membership of European Union.