BASHAR AL -ASSAD RECEIVES VISITING ARMENIAN FM

United News Network – unnindia
Feb 26 2009

Damascus (UNN)President Bashar al-Assad received on Thursday Armenian
Foreign Minister, Edward Nalbandian who handed him an invitation
extended by Armenian President, Serzh Sargsyan to visit Armenia.

The president promised to visit Armenia as soon as possible, according
to a Presidential statement.

The statement said that the talks during the meeting dealt with
bilateral relations between the two friendly countries and ways of
boosting them further.

President al-Assad was briefed by Nalbandian on the Armenian-Turkish
dialogue which aims at normalization of relations between Turkey and
Armenia, reflecting positively on the region.

The issue of Nagorno-Karabakh and the efforts exerted in this framework
were also discussed.