ENP GIVES ARMENIA NEW POSSIBILITIES CHANCES TO DEVELOP RELATIONS WITH EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

Arka News Agency, Armenia
Feb 26 2007

YEREVAN, February 26. /ARKA/. The European New Neighborhood Policy
(ENP) gives Armenia new possibilities to develop cooperation with
European countries, said Armenia’s Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian
during the press conference with Poland’s Foreign Minister Anna Fatyga.

"After adopting the European "New Neighborhood" Policy, new
possibilities of developing cooperation with European countries opened
for Armenia," Oskanian said.

He said that this policy will also stimulate to develop the
Armenian-Polish relations.

Oskanian pointed out that Armenia and Poland established a deep
political dialogue, information cooperation, peacemaking partnership
in Iraq.

"The economic partnership is not on such a high level, but at present
economic projects are being elaborated," he said.

Oskanian said that the agenda of the Armenian-Polish partnership will
constantly enlarge and fill up with new points.

Anna Fotyga arrived to Armenia on February 25 with a two-day visit.

Within the visit Fotyga will meet with Armenia’s President Robert
Kocharyan, Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II, RA Prime Minister
Andranik Margaryan, Speaker of the RA National Assembly Tigran
Torosyan, Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian.

Poland’s delegation headed by Fotyga will visit the depository of
ancient Armenian manuscript Matenadaran, and pay a flower tribute
to the Tsitsernakaberd memorial to victims of the Genocide in the
Ottoman Empire.

The EU General Affairs & External Relations Council made a decision to
apply the "European Neighborhood Initiative" to Armenia, Azerbaijan
and Georgia, Luxembourg, July 14, 2004. The Council called to
the European Commission to report on every country concerning the
political cooperation, foreign policy and security taking into account
the progress of political and economic reforms. Armenia’s Individual
Partnership Action Plan on "New Neighborhood" was signed on November
14, 2006.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress