POLISH FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES IRAQ MISSION IN ARMENIA

Polish News Agency, Poland
Feb 27 2007

Yerevan, 26 February: Armenia is satisfied with cooperation with
Poland in the framework of the Iraqi mission, Foreign Minister Anna
Fotyga told PAP on the first day of her official visit here. Armenian
forces serve in the Polish-managed zone of Iraq.

Fotyga met Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan, speaker of the national
assembly Tigran Torosyan and Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan on Monday
[26 February]. She said the climate of her visit here was very good and
she perceived Armenia’s desire for deepening its relations with Poland.

Armenian politicians did not mention any plans to withdraw their forces
from Iraq, Fotyga told PAP. They also voiced no doubts concerning
the US proposal to deploy part of the anti-missile shield in Poland.

The two sides reviewed the situation in the Caucasus region and did
not avoid controversial issues, like the Armenian-Azeri relations
or Armenian-Turkish ones, Fotyga said. The prospects for solving the
conflict over Nagornyy Karabakh between Armenia and Azerbaijan were
also discussed.

Fotyga’s visit falls on the 15th anniversary of establishing diplomatic
ties between Poland and Armenia.

She will then go to other Caucasian countries.