PEACEFUL CONFLICT SETTLEMENT WILL CHANGE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY’S PERCEPTION OF REGION, SAYS HUNGARIAN PM

Tert
Nov 11 2009
Armenia

Within the frames of an official visit to Hungary, the Republic of
Armenia President Serzh Sargsyan met Hungary’s Parliament Speaker
Bela Katona and Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai.

At the meeting with Katona, both parties placed importance on the
development of inter-parliamentary relations and cooperation in
international inter-parliamentary structures in order to propel
forward Armenia-Hungary relations.

At the meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai, the
possibilities to promote trade-economic cooperation were discussed.

The parties stated that the state visit of the Armenian president
to Hungary and the high-level political dialogue, on the one hand,
and the protocols on interagency cooperation signed in Budapest, on
the other, the Armenian-Hungarian business conference and contacts
create a favourable atmosphere for the development of trade-economic
relations between the two countries.

During their meeting, President Sargsyan and Prime Minister Bajnai
also referred to the anti-crisis measures taken by the governments
of the two countries to overcome the complications caused by the
global economic crisis and the existing situation in the global
economy. The Hungarian prime minister also emphasized that Hungary
places much importance on the EU Eastern Partnership Project and when
chairing the EU in 2011, it will continue to consider the policy an
important priority. Sargsyan, for his part, stated that the EU Eastern
Partnership Project provides an opportunity to develop relations with
the EU and its separate countries and to promote a process of reform
in Armenia.

At Bajnai’s request, Sargsyan presented Armenia’s approaches on the
establishment process of Armenia-Turkey relations within reasonable
timeframes and without preconditions and on the current phase of
the Nagorno-Karabakh negotiation process. Bajnai emphasized that
peaceful settlement of problems and conflicts in the region, besides
establishing bilateral relations, will also change the international
community’s perception of the entire region, promoting stability,
development, sustainable peace, strengthening of partnership spirit
and mutual trust.