AGO GROUP WELCOMES NORMALIZATION OF ARMENIA-TURKEY RELATIONS

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
20.11.2009 19:58 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian
met with members of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers Ago
Monitoring Group, headed by the Permanent Representative of Romania
to the Council of Europe, Ambassador Stelian Stoian in Yerevan.

Welcoming the guests, the Armenian Foreign Minister stressed the
significance of the visit in terms of familiarizing with reforms
implemented in Armenia.

During the meeting Minister Nalbandian stressed the importance of
Armenia’s membership in the Council of Europe, implementation of
reforms in various fields, promotion CoE agenda and country’s full
participation in the activities of different CoE structures.

The two sides exchanged views over Armenia-Turkey relations. Ago group
welcomed the process of normalizing relations between Armenia and
Turkey and the Council of Europe expressed its readiness to facilitate
this process. At the request of the guests, the RA Foreign Minister
dwelled on the latest developments in the negotiation process on
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, press service of RA Foreign Ministry
reports.