SPEAKER OF THE ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT TO VISIT BULGARIA OFFICIALLY IN 2008

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2007-11-14 15:01:00

Arminfo. Speaker of the Armenian National Assembly Tigran Torosyan,
vice-speaker Arevik Petrosyan and the heads of permanent parliamentary
commissions met today Prime Minister of Bulgaria Sergei Stanishev,
who is in Armenia with an official visit.

As ArmInfo was informed from press-service of the Armenian parliament,
Armenian and Bulgarian ambassadors Sergey Manasaryan and Stefan
Dimitrov and Armenian Transport and Communication Minister Andranik
Manukuyan took part in the meeting.

Tigran Torosyan called Stanishev’s visit to Armenia an important
stimulus for development of the Armenian-Bulgarian relations. He
said that although commodity circulation between Armenia and
Bulgaria has grown over the last year, there is still potential
which may be used, and it opens new wide prospects for development
of cooperation. Torosyan is pleased with the level of the
inter-parliamentary cooperation between Armenia and Bulgaria. He
thinks it is useful to study Bulgarian experience since Armenia
declared european integration one of the priorities of its foreign
policy. Torosyan will visit Bulgaria in 2008.

For his part, Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev said that
governments and parliaments change but the atmosphere of cooperation
and friendship remains unchangeable. Armenians of Bulgaria have well
integrated in the political and economical life of the country. As for
the cultural ties, Stanishev said that the Year of bulgarian culture
will be held in Armenia in 2008. As for the process of Bulgaria’s
joining NATO and the European Union, he said that Bulgaria accumulated
great experience of the period of time and is ready to share its
experience with Armenia.