VARTAN OSKANYAN TO MEET NATO SECRETARY GENERAL TODAY

Panorama.am
16:13 04/09/2007

Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanyan delivered a speech at
Brussels conference on strengthening New Neighborhood Policy through
joint efforts yesterday.

Minister Oskanyan had said: "For the sake of its own and our interests,
the European Union has taken an official decision to invite its
neighbors in sharing values and modeling its economic successes and
coming into harmony with the democratic values."

Armenian foreign ministry press and information department report that
the minister has welcomed the initiative saying the European Union New
Neighborhood Action Plan has given us an opportunity and is a guide to
more active political, economic and structural reforms. The minister
said soon the Armenian companies will have shares in the European
markets and the Europe – in the Armenian market. He also praised
general provisions in the Action Plan on regional conflict settlement.

Armenian foreign minister has held a number of bilateral meetings with
the foreign ministers of Tunis, Estonia, Cyprus, and Check Republic. A
meeting is slated with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheaffer
on September 4.