RA FOREIGN MINISTER AND U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE ATTACH IMPORTANCE TO HOLDING OF MAY 12 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN CORRESPONDENCE WITH INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS

Noyan Tapan
Mar 06 2007

WASHINGTON, MARCH 6, NOYAN TAPAN. Regional issues, the present state
of the Armenian-Turkish relations and U.S. mediation initiatives in the
direction of their settlement were discussed at the March 5 meeting of
RA Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian who is on a working visit to the
U.S., and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. According to the
infotmation submitted to Noyan Tapan by the RA Foreign Ministry’s Press
and Information Department, the sides exchanged opinions concerning
recent developments and prospects of the negotiations on the Nagorno
Karabakh conflict. Meaning of the Millennium Challenges program
announced by the U.S. government in the affair of implementation of
the program on rural poverty reduction in Armenia was mentioned at
the meeting. V.Oskanian presented preparatory works done till now for
the program implementation. Touching upon the coming parliamentary
elections in Armenia, the interlocutors attached importance to holding
them in correspondence with the international standards.