ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS WITH REPRESENTATIVES OD PARTY OF EUROPEAN SOCIALISTS

Noyan Tapan
May 30 2007

YEREVAN, MAY 30, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian foreign minister Vartan
Oskanian on May 30 received representatives of the Party of European
Socialists, headed by Peter Schieder, former president of the PACE,
leader of the Party of European Socialists.

According to the RA MFA press service, during the meeting,
representatives of the party spoke about the progress made (according
to international statistical data) by Armenia in recent years, as
compared with other countries of the region. It was underlined that
the May 12 parliamentary elections were more democratic in comparison
with the previous one, and the interlocutors dioscussed Armenia’s
political prospects in this connection.

The sides also addressed the problems of the Armenian foreign policy
– the process of peaceful settlement of the Karabakh conflict,
Armenian-Turkish relations, Armenia’s integration into European
structures, the situation in the Middle East and the involvement of
Armenia in the establishment of peace in the region.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress