ODESA PREPARING TO OPEN ARMENIAN CONSULATE, NEGOTIATING ITALIAN, AUSTRIAN, GERMAN CONSULATES

Ukraine General Newswire
April 9, 2008 Wednesday 2:14 PM MSK

Odesa is preparing to open a consulate general for Armenia and
is negotiating the creation of consulates for Italy, Austria and
Germany, the head of the regional branch of Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry
Kostiantyn Rzhepyshevsky has said.

He was speaking at a press conference in Odesa on Tuesday.

The Armenian community in Odesa has said it is ready to provide
premises for the consulate in the Armenian culture center. The
consulate is to open in May.

Odesa already hosts consulates of Bulgaria, Greece, Georgia, China,
Poland, Russia, Romania and Turkey.