ARMENIAN-BRITISH RELATIONS HAVE A GREAT POTENTIAL FOR DEVELOPMENT

armradio.am
28.10.2008 11:53

On October 27 Edward Nalbandian started his visit to the United
Kingdom.

Edward Nalbandian and Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom
David Miliband discussed a broad range of bilateral, regional and
international issues.

Turning to bilateral relations, Minister Nalabndian said Armenia
attaches great importance to the development of comprehensive and
all-embracing relations with Great Britain – one of the leading
countries of Europe, and his visit is an evidence of Armenia’s
determination.

Minister Nalbandian said the Armenian-British political dialogue and
the trade-economic relations have a great potential for development,
and the activation of the Armenian-British relations in the
above-mentioned sphere is one of the primary issues of cooperation
between the two countries.

Minister Nalbandian and Foreign Secretary Miliband discussed in
detail the settlement of regional conflicts. In this context Minister
Nalbandian presented Armenia’s stance on the resolution of the Artsakh
issue. He expressed hope that the parties can reach the resolution
of the issue in case there is corresponding political will.

At the request of David Miliband, Edward Nalbandian presented the
opportunities of normalization of the Armenian-Turkish relations,
underlining that the aim of the process is their full normalization
and Armenia is resolute to continue the steps in this direction. The
British Foreign Secretary highly assessed Armenia’s steps targeted
at the improvement of relations with Turkey.

Armenia’s Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and British Minister
of State for Europe Caroline Flint discussed the Armenia-European
Union cooperation, particularly the process of implementation of
the Action Plan of the European Neighborhood Policy, the bilateral
cooperation between Armenia and Great Britain within the framework of
the ENP. Ministers Nalbandian and Flint turned to regional issues,
especially the perspectives of normalization of relations, as well
as the activation of bilateral relations.

Minister Nalbandian visited the House of Lords, where he met with
members of the Armenian-British Friendship Group. The meeting was
attended by representatives of the main political parties of the
United Kingdom – the Laborites, the Conservatives and the Liberals,
as well as other parties.

Minister Nalbandian made a speech at the Royal Institute of
International Affairs (Chatham House), gave an interview to BBC Radio,
met representatives of the British-Armenian community and had a meeting
with Brian Fall, UK Special Representative for the South Caucasus.