SECRETARY OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL OF ARMENIA VISITS KALININGRAD AND MINSK
armradio.am
17.03.2009 12:16
On March 16 the delegation headed by the Secretary of the National
Security Council of Armenia, Arthur Baghdasaryan, arrived in Russia’s
Kaliningrad region. Arthur Baghdasaryan had a meeting with the Governor
of Kaliningrad, Georgy Boos and members of Government.
The Armenian delegation presented a package of suggestions worked out
by the Government, which envisages broad opportunities for bilateral
cooperation.
The parties agreed that a delegation headed by the Governor of
Kaliningrad will visit Armenia to discuss the new opportunities of
cooperation with the leadership of the country.
The same day the delegation headed by Arthur Baghdasaryan left for
Belarus at the invitation of the Secretary of the National Security
Council of the Republic of Belarus, Yuri Zhadobin.
During the meeting with the Armenian community of Belarus the
Mr. Baghdasaryan noted that a brood range of issues related to the
Armenia-Belarus military-political cooperation would be discussed in
the framework of the visit. Belarus is a strategic partner of Armenia,
and the reinforcement of cooperation with Belarus derives from the
interests of both countries. The Security Councils, the law-enforcement
bodies, the Ministries of Emergency Situations have a great potential
for cooperation; the two countries have broad opportunities to deepen
the cooperatio n within framework of the Collected Security Treaty
Organization.
At the request of the Belarusian Armenian community, Arthur
Baghdasaryan referred to a number of issues related to the domestic
and foreign political and economic life in Armenia, particularly the
elections of tehMayor of Yerevan, settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh
issue, normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations, construction of
the Armenia-Iran oil pipeline and railway, Yerevan-Batumi highway,
construction of a new nuclear power plant in Armenia.