GERMAN FM HOPES IN ENLARGEMENT OF COOPERATION WITH SOUTH CAUCASUS

PanARMENIAN.Net
20.02.2007 15:46 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The visit of German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter
Steinmeier is important not only from the point of view of bilateral
relations, but also in the context of European Neighborhood Policy with
Armenia, stated Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian at the joint
press-conference in Yerevan. He said during bilateral negotiations
Armenia-EU relations, regional programs, as well as ways of Nagorno
Karabakh conflict solution were touched. "I told my colleague the
process of settlement and the possible further steps," Oskanian said.

In his part, Frank-Walter Steinmeier noticed that for Germany
as a country, which holds EU presidency, it is very important
the realization of EU action plan of the European Neighborhood
Policy. "After Bulgaria’s and Romania’s membership to the European
Union the Southern Caucasus became a very close European neighbor. I
hope in enlargement of cooperation both in the framework of the EU,
and other structures, particularly in BSECO (Black Sea Economic
Cooperation Organization)," the German FM said.