ARMENIA AND CROATIA TO ACTIVATE COOPERATION

ARKA News Agency, Armenia
Oct 1 2007

YEREVAN, October 1. /ARKA/. Armenia and Croatia intend to activate
cooperation. The press service of the Armenian Foreign Ministry told
ARKA that Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian accepted the delegation
from Croatia headed by the Assistant to Croatia’s Minister of Foreign
Affairs and European Integration, Head of the General Board of
Bilateral Cooperation Ivitsa Tomich.

The press service said that the aim of the visit is to conduct a
political meeting with Armenia’s Foreign Ministry.

During the meeting the sides assessed the bilateral relations. In
particular, Oskanian attached great importance to the development of
political and economic relations.

The sides pointed out the importance of the steps on activating
bilateral relations, replenishment of the contractual and legal filed,
creation of favorable conditions for strengthening contacts between
enterprises.

The sides approved the readiness of both countries to develop the
mutually beneficial cooperation between Armenia and Croatia in
international structures, especially within the UN.

Besides, Oskanian and Tomich expressed opinion about the relations
of the countries with their neighbors and settlement of regional
conflicts.

They also pointed out the necessity of cooperation directed to European
Integration, agreeing upon being consecutive in the elaboration of
the relevant protocol.