Armenian Public TV
Oct 27 2008

Armenian leader, EU envoy discuss ties, Karabakh

[Presenter-read report over video of the meeting] President [Serzh]
Sargsyan will go on an official visit to Brussels in the future. The
forthcoming visit, according to EU Special Representative for the
South Caucasus Peter Semneby, will provide an opportunity to assess
Armenia’s relations with the European Union and outline the general
agenda of cooperation.

President Sargsyan told the European diplomat that our country
attaches importance to expanding relations with the European Union and
expects the European Union’s support and assistance on this
path. Speaking about the settlement of the Karabakh issue, Serzh
Sargsyan said that the Armenian side, taking the Madrid principles as
a basis, recognizes the OSCE Minsk Group as a format, and the co-chair
countries of the OSCE Minsk Group as the mediators.

Speaking about regional developments, Semneby talked of the European
Union’s preparedness to provide every support to the process of
normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations. He also highly evaluated
the establishment of the fact-finding group for the 1 March events
[post-election disturbances] and inclusion of both parliamentary
opposition and opposition not represented in the parliament in the
work of the group.

Semneby today also met Parliament Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan, Secretary
of the National Security Council Artur Baghdasaryan and
Prosecutor-General Aghvan Hovsepyan.

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