SUDANESE PRESIDENT, ARMENIAN AMBASSADOR DUSCUSS ISSUES OF TRADE, ECONOMIC COOPERATION

Arka News Agency, Armenia
Dec 19 2006

YEREVAN, December 18. /ARKA/. President of Sudan Omar Hasan Al-Bashir
and Armenian Ambassador to Egypt Ruben Karapetyan discussed the
issues of trade and economic cooperation, particularly in the spheres
of agriculture, high technologies, science, education and culture,
the RA Foregin Ministry press service reported.

Al-Bashir made a high appraisal of the two countries’ historical
relations, a small, but high-potential Armenian community in Sudan
being striking evidence thereof.

The Armenian Ambassador addressed the history of Armenian-Arab
relations and the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process.

Karapetyan visited the Armenian church of Sudan and met with
representatives of the Armenian community.