CZECH, ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTERS DISCUSS EU, BILATERAL RELATIONS
ITAR-TASS News Agency
July 6 2008
Russia
Armenia-EU relations were in the focus of Sunday negotiations between
Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg and Armenian Foreign
Minister Eduard Nalbandian.
The sides also discussed political, economic and humanitarian contacts
between the Czech Republic and Armenia.
Armenia welcomes the EU neighborhood initiative and will develop
closer relations with the European Union, Nalbandian said. In his
words, bilateral relations with the Czech Republic are friendly.
It is possible to enlarge bilateral trade and economic contacts,
the sides said. The issue will be on the agenda of a Czech-Armenian
business forum, which will take place on the sidelines of the three-day
official visit of Schwarzenberg. The delegates represent Czech energy,
tourist, financial, transport and IT companies.
The Armenian minister informed his Czech colleague of the Karabakh
settlement process by the latter’s request.
The ministers signed an intergovernmental agreement on the prevention
of dual taxation and a memorandum on the cooperation between the two
foreign ministries in European integration issues.