MEETING OF RA PRESIDENT AND GERMAN CHANCELLOR TAKES PLACE IN MUNICH

Noyan Tapan

Feb 9, 2009

MUNICH, FEBRUARY 9, NOYAN TAPAN. RA President Serzh Sargsyan, who
was in Munich to take part in the 45th International Conference on
Security Policy, met with Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel.

The two countries’ heads highly estimated the current level of
cooperation between Armenia and Germany: commodity circulation between
the two countries reaches over 350m USD, over 100 joint ventures with
German capital operate in Armenia. S. Sargsyan expressed confidence
that Armenia’s involvement in EU GSP+ scheme will promote trade and
economic cooperation between the two countries.

As Noyan Tapan was informed by the RA President’s Press Office,
regional and international issues were also discussed during the
meeting. S. Sargsyan presented the current stage of Nagorno Karabakh
settlement negotiations process, touched upon CSTO Collective Security
Council’s Moscow decision to establish Collective Rapid Reaction Force.