RELATIONS BETWEEN ARMENIA, GERMANY HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING AT A NEW PACE OVER THE PAST YEARS

armradio.am
26.02.2009 15:55

President Serzh Sargsyan today received member of the Foreign Relations
Committee of the Bundestag of the Federal Republic of Germany, deputy
head of the Bundestag delegation to NATO Marcus Mekel, and German
Charge d’Affaires, Mrs. Melanie Moltmann.

President Sargsyan appreciated the fact that the Armenian-German
relations have been developing at a new pace over the past years. The
President assessed his recent meeting with German Chancellor Angela
Merkel as constructive.

President Sargsyan noted that Germany is the second donor country for
Armenia in the field of development-targeted cooperation, as well as
one of its largest trade partners.

According to Serzh Sargsyan, German businessmen trust in the business
environment of Armenia and it’s not accidental that 94 companies with
German capital function in Armenia today. The commodity turnover
reached $350 million in 2008, the German investments totaled $250
million. Noting that these figures are rather impressive for Armenia
and speak about the high level of dialogue, the President said there
is still much to do.

According to Marcus Mekel, he is one of the members of Bundestag who
think that the policy of the European Union in the South Caucasus
should be more active. He noted that he had the opportunity to listen
to the Armenia n President’s speech in Munich and address questions
about the Armenian-Turkish dialogue.

At the request of the guest, President Sargsyan once again
presented the developments in the direction of normalization of the
Armenian-Turkish relations and the approaches of official Yerevan.

Reference was made to the domestic political situation in the country.