ARMENIA: DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER OF ARMENIA ARMAN KIAKOSSIAN MEETS DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER OF BULGARIA MILEN KEREMEDCHIEV

Foreign Ministry
March 17 2009
Armenia

On March 16, Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia Arman Kirakossian
met Deputy Foreign Minister of Bulgaria Milen Keremedchiev who is in
Armenia with a working visit.

In the course of the meeting, the two discussed wide range of issues
concerning the deepening of Armenian-Bulgarian relations in different
areas.

Deputy Foreign Ministers Kirakossian and Keremedchiev mentioned that
friendly relations have been established between the two countries:
political dialogue is on the high level, economic partnership
is active, concrete steps have been taken to intensify cultural
relations. Within that context, they mentioned with satisfaction that
the Bulgarian Cultural Days would be held in Armenia from May 29 to
June 6.

The two also touched upon the global financial crisis and the steps
aimed at the softening of its results. Deputy Minister Keremedchiev
presented the situation in Bulgaria caused by the crisis and the
steps to be undertaken to overcome it.

On the guest’s request Deputy Foreign Minister Kirakossian presented
the perspectives of normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations.