ARMENIA READY TO ASSIST SLOVAKIA AS COE CHAIRING STATE

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
13.05.2009 15:40 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ During his visit to Madrid, FM Edward Nalbandyan
met with Slovenian Foreign Minister Samuel Zabogari. Mr. Nalbandyan
congratulated his Slovenian colleague on his country’s becoming a
CoE chairing state. The two diplomats discussed a range of issues on
strengthening bilateral ties, developing contractual-legal relations
etc. They also touched upon issues concerning Eastern Partnership
initiative.

RA FM also met with his Lithuanian colleague Vitautas Ushatskas. During
the meeting, parties discussed ways for further extension of
Armenian-Lithuanian ties. The two Foreign Ministers exchanged views
on global financial crisis and ways for mitigating its impact. At
the request of the Lithuanian FM, Mr. Nalbandyan also touched upon
Armenian-Turkish ties normalization process and recent developments in
Karabakh settlement talks, RA Foreign Ministry Press Service reports.