BAKU MILITARIST POLICY UNDERMINES EC EFFORTS TO ESTABLISH STABILITY IN SOUTH CAUCASUS
PanARMENIAN.Net
19.02.2009 14:41 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Currently in Prague, Armenian Foreign Minister
Edward Nalbandian held a meeting with his Czech counterpart Karel
Schwarzenberg to discuss the Armenian-Czech relations, Armenia-EC
cooperation as well as regional and international issues.
Appreciating highly the development of Armenian-Czech relations,
the Ministers agreed on the necessity to expand legal and trade
frameworks to stimulate interactions between the two countries.
In discussing possibilities to strengthen trade and economic
cooperation, the Armenian Minister emphasized that 2008 Armenian-Czech
business forum results have proved that there is a serious potential
for development of cooperation in this field.
For his part, Mr. Schwarzenberg noted that before the Eastern
Partnership Summit to be held in Prague on May 7, European Commission
and the Czech Republic are planning to work out concrete proposals
on the issue.
Briefing on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement process, Minister
Nalbandian drew his counterpart’s attention to Azerbaijan’s ongoing
militarist policy, which undermines EU efforts to establish stability
in the South Caucasus.
As to normalization of the Armenian-Turkish relations, the Czech
Minister hailed Armenia’s endeavors to that end, the RA MFA press
office reports.