ARMENIA, SLOVAKIA TO DEVELOP ECONOMIC COOPERATION

ARKA
Feb 25, 2008

YEREVAN, February 25. /ARKA/. Armenia and Slovakia will develop
economic cooperation, Slovakian Foreign Minister Jan Kubis said Monday
in Yerevan, at a joint news conference with his Armenian counterpart
Vartan Oskanian.

"Slovenia intends to develop partnership with Armenia, especially
economic cooperation", he said.

He expressed hope that Slovakian economic bloc ministers who are
going to visit Armenia will manage to develop economic partnership.

Kubis also said that justice and culture ministers will travel to
Armenia in 2008 as well.

Vartan Oskanian, in turn, said that views Armenian-Slovakian
relationship as successful cooperation.

"An active political dialogue is established between the countries,
but there is room for developing relations in other areas, particularly
in economic sector", he said.

The Slovakian foreign minister came to Armenia on Monday for a
one-day visit.

He is set to meet Armenian President Robert Kocharyan, National
Assembly Speaker Tigran Torosyan and Prime Minister Serge Sargsyan
here.