ESTONIA FOR MIN INVITES HIS ARMENIAN COLLEAGUE TO VISIT ESTONIA

Baltic News Service
December 5, 2006 Tuesday 3:07 PM EET

Meeting with his Armenian counterpart Vartan Oskanyan in Brussels on
Monday, Estonia’s Foreign Minister Urmas Paet invited the Armenian
minister to come to Estonia on a visit.

During the meeting that took place on the sidelines of the ministers
meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
(OSCE), Paet and Oskanyan spoke about relations between the two
countries, the EU neighborhood policy action plan for Armenia and
the conflict over Mountain-Karabakh.

The ministers stated that while relations between the two countries
are good, there’s a lot of room for development, spokespeople for
the Estonian Foreign Ministry said.

They agreed that political consultations between the two ministries
will be held next year to evaluate the state of affairs in relations
and set out plans for the future.

Paet invited his Armenian colleague to visit Estonia.

The ministers expressed their satisfaction with the EU neighborhood
policy action plan’s being very precise with regard to Armenia and
focusing on concrete activities.

Paet said implementation of the action plan would have a substantial
effect on the development of the countries of South Caucasus and a
positive effect on the entire region.

The Armenian foreign minister described Estonia’s reform experience
as in every way valuable and welcome for Armenia.