Egyptian foreign minister holds talks with Armenian counterpart

MENA news agency
14 Apr 07

Cairo, 14 April: Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmad Abu-al-Ghayt met on
Saturday with his Armenian counterpart Vardan Oskanyan.

During the meeting, Abu-al-Ghayt reviewed the Egyptian vision of
developments in the Mideast, especially with regard to the
Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Iraq, Lebanon, Sudan and the Iranian
nuclear file.

Hailing ties between Egypt and Armenia, Abu-al-Ghayt said that the two
countries would ink seven agreements on cooperation in fighting crime
and in the customs field as well as signing a memorandum of
understanding between the Egyptian and Armenian businessmen councils.

For his part, the Armenian minister highlighted the importance Armenia
attached to ties with Egypt.

Egypt established diplomatic ties with Armenia in 1992.

The Armenian minister also reviewed developments of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan, ties with
the US and Russia and the impact of developments of the Iranian
nuclear file on the Caucasus region.