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Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandian meets Benita
Ferrero-Waldner in Prague

On May 6, on arriving in Prague the Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward
Nalbandian had a meeting with Benita Ferrero-Waldner, the European
Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy.

Minister Nalbandian and Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner had a
comprehensive talk on different areas of the Armenia-European Union
cooperation, particularly on the implementation process of the Action
plan provided by the European New Neighborhood Policy, the activities
of the EU Adviser Group which supports the reforms at the Armenia’s
official institutions.

Touching upon the Summit of Eastern Partnership to be held in Prague
on May 7 Edward Nalbandian mentioned that this new format of
cooperation with the European Union contains a great potential and
Armenia intends participating actively in that program.

On the request of the EU Commissioner the Armenian Foreign Minister
presented the latest development in the process of normalization of
the Armenian-Turkish relations. Benita Ferrero-Waldner on behalf of
the European Commission expressed her full support for the steps
undertaken in that direction.

The two also touched upon the possibilities of settlement of the
Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) issue and the regional security issues.