ARMENIAN PRESIDENT AND DUTCH PRIME MINISTER UNDERSCORE HIGH LEVEL OF POLITICAL DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES
ARMENPRESS
Sep 24, 2008
NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 24, ARMENPRESS: Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan,
who is New York to participate in the 63d session of the UN General
Assembly, met today with the Prime Minister of Netherlands Jan Peter
Balkenende.
During the meeting the sides highly underscored the level of political
dialogue between Armenia and Netherlands and expressed interest
towards the further development of relations.
Serzh Sargsyan expresses gratitude to the Dutch government for the
technical support provided to Armenia and said that the economic
partnership has good prospects and work must be carried out in that
direction. Holland is the third among the EU countries with the
volume of trade turnover with Armenia, and Armenia is member of the
"Dutch Group" of the World Bank.
Armenian president thanked the Dutch prime minister for the balanced
position over the Nagorno Karabakh issue. He also informed Jan Peter
Balkenende about the visit of the Turkish president to Armenia. On
his part the Dutch prime minister greeted the dialogue between Armenia
and Turkey.
Referring to the discussions over Armenian Genocide issue in the
parliament of Netherlands, the prime minister said that "Of course
we are very well aware of the issue, it is important to be frank and
fair with the history."
The Dutch prime minister thanked Armenian president for the support
provided to the Dutch citizens during Georgian-Ossetian crisis,
thanks to which hundreds of Dutch citizens managed to return home
through the territory of Armenia.
Armenian president invited Dutch prime minister to visit Armenia,
saying that the visit will promote the further expansion of economic
cooperation and discussion of the prospects of partnership.
The president is also going to meet today with the Serbian President
Boris Tadic, Latvian President Valdis Zatlers. The president will
also have a conversation with the U.S. State Secretary Condoleezza
Rice. Tomorrow Serzh Sargsyan will deliver speech at the UN GA and
conduct other bilateral meetings.