ARMENIA-LATVIA CIRCULATION CAN GROW 10 TIMES
By A. Haroutiunian
AZG Armenian Daily
24/04/2007
Foreign Minister of Latvia Artis Pabriks visited Yerevan, Armenia
and had meetings with severeal high-ranking Armenian officials. On
April 22 Mr. Pabriks had a meeting with his Armenian colleague Vardan
Oskanian. The Armenian Foreign Minister on a joint press conference
informed the reporters that the issues of enhancement of bilateral
relations between Armenian and Latvia, and governmental consultations,
as well as the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict were discussed during the
meeting.
Vardan Oskanian also said that Armenia must take example of Latvia’s
experience in its relations with the EU and added that a couple of
Armenia-Latvia programs are to be launched.
Artis Pabriks in his turn said that the Baltic States have special
sympathy for the Caucasian states and particularly Armenia. He said
that there are no controversies between Armenia and Latvia and that
the relations between the two countries must be intensified. The
Latvian Foreign Minister emphasized establishing reliable transport
communications with Armenia. He also assured that the circulation of
commodities between Armenia and Latvia can be increased ten times.