MINISTER NALBANDIAN MEETS WITH THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CAUCASUS" DEPUTY GROUP OF THE BUNDESTAG

armradio.am
01.07.2008 18:02

On July 1 RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, who is in Berlin for
an official visit, had a meeting with the Chairman of the "Caucasus"
Deputy Group of the Bundestag Stephen Reiche.

During the conversation the parties discussed the current state and
perspectives of parliamentary cooperation between Armenia and Germany,
the cooperation between the Armenian National Assembly and the German
Bundestag within international organizations.

Minister Nalbandian noted that parliamentary diplomacy is one of the
best forms of cooperation between states and welcomed the initiatives
of the Deputy Group of the Bundestag targeted at the further deepening
of Armenian-German relations.

Upon the request of the German MP, Minister Nalbandian presented
the approaches of the Armenian side on the normalization of
Armenian-Turkish relations, as well as the perspectives of settlement
of the Karabakh conflict.

Stephen Reiche presented his views on ensuring peace and stability in
the Caucasian region. He reconfirmed the invitation to members of the
Armenia-Germany Interparliamentary Friendship Group of the National
Assembly to pay a visit to Germany in November of the current year.

The same day Minister Nalbandian left Berlin for Helsinki at the
invitation of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister
Alexander Stubb.