ROBERT KOCHARIAN: EUROPEAN NEIGHBORHOOD POLICY OPENS NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTNERSHIP
Noyan Tapan
Oct 16, 2007
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 16, NOYAN TAPAN. Receiving the member of the European
Parliament Lidi Folferi on October 16, the Armenian president
Robert Kocharian said that the European Neighborhood Policy opens
new opportunities for partnership. Stating that the Armenian side is
ready for serious work, the president attached special importance to
parliamentary contacts.
According to the RA president’s press service, during the meeting
the interlocutors exchanged ideas about settlement of the Karabakh
conflict, prospects of the regional develpment, and integration
processes.
The defence minister of the RA Mikael Harutyunian received L. Folferi
on the same day. The sides discussed the current state and development
opportunities of Armenia-European Union cooperation.
M. Harutyunian said that in the security and defence sphere, Armenia’s
armed forces adopted a course for developing cooperation with all
interested countries.
NT was informed by the RA defence ministry that a number of issues
related to regional security were discussed at the conclusion of
the meeting.