ARMENIA COMPLETELY DEFENDS INITIATIVES OF CE MINISTERS’ COUNCIL

Noyan Tapan
Feb 26, 2008

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 26, NOYAN TAPAN. Armenia is interested in the
establishment of an active political dialogue and the development
of economic relations with Slovakia and as a member country of the
Council of Europe, Armenia fully defends the initiatives of the CE
Ministers’ Committee presided over by the Minister of Foreign Affairs
of Slovakia. This statement was made by RA Prime Minister Serge
Sargsian during the February 25 meeting with Jan Kubish, the Minister
of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovakia and the Chairman of
the CE Ministers" Committee.

According to the information provided to Noyan Tapan by the
Information and Public Relations Department of the RA Government,
Jan Kubish congratulated the RA Prime Minister on the occasion
of the presidential elections held in Armenia and the victory of
Serge Sargsian conditioned by the results of those elections at the
beginning of the meeting. He mentioned the mark given to the elections
by the international observation missions, which is a basis for him,
where the still existing problems were mentioned together with the
positive things. Jan Kubish appreciated the call of Serge Sargsian
on tolerance and restraint addressed to the political forces, which,
according to him, speaks about the readiness of the RA Prime Minister
for settling the existing problems within the frameworks of the law
and through a political way.

At the request of the guest, Serge Sargsian touched upon the
post-election processes, the prospect of Armenia concerning the
cooperation with the European Union and NATO and upon the current
programs, the regulation processes of the Armenian-Turkish relations
and the NKR conflict , as well as the necessity for strengthening
the Armenian-Slavonic relations.

Referring to the bilateral trade-economic relations, it was mutually
stressed that irrespective of the existing potential, they are not
enough as yet. Serge Sargsian and Jan Kubish attached importance
to the provision of a corresponding legal field, the activization
of relations between the businessmen of Armenia and Slovakia and
the creation of more favourable conditions for investments for the
further development of the economic cooperation.