Georgian Foreign Minister visiting Yerevan
04.09.2009 22:42 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Visiting Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze
met Friday with his Armenian counterpart Edward Nalbandian.

`Armenia welcomes contacts which underlie further development of
mutually beneficial relations,’ Minister Nalbandian said.

The two men discussed Gyumri-Akhalthikhe-Bavra-Batumi highway
construction, process of delimitation of the Armenian-Georgian border
and energy cooperation. They also signed a memorandum on exchange of
land for the diplomatic outposts.

Tomorrow, Mr. Vashadze will meet with President Serzh Sargsyan, the RA
MFA press office said.

At that, Interfax news agency reported that Georgia is ready to
discuss any ideas and proposals with Armenia, including giving to the
Armenian language a status of `regional language’.

`We are willing to discuss any idea with our Armenian
counterparts. Armenians living in our country are a part of our
history and culture. The rights of Georgian citizens of Armenian
descent will be protected,’ the agency quoted the Georgian FM as
saying.