REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA PRIME MINISTER TIGRAN SARGSYAN RECEIVED A DELEGATION LED BY REPUBLIC OF POLAND NATIONAL DEFENSE MINISTER BOGDAN KLICH

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Nov 30 2009
Armenia

Greeting the delegation, the Prime Minister said to be hopeful that
"the visit will help strengthen bilateral relations, especially in the
strategic field of military cooperation." Tigran Sargsyan expressed
his appreciation of the Polish Seim’s passing a resolution on Armenian
Genocide recognition.

Bogdan Klich conveyed warm greetings on behalf of Polish Prime Minister
Donald Tusc who is scheduled to visit Armenia shortly.

Getting down regional problems, the head of the Armenian government
outlined the Karabakh peace process and the latest developments in
Armenia-Turkey relationship. The Polish Defense Minister said his
country is a partisan of peaceful settlement of disputes in South
Caucasus: "We highly value the process of signing the protocols."

The parties also spoke about the Partnership for Peace program
as implemented in NATO frameworks. The Republic of Poland was
said assuming EU chairmanship next year and concerned with the
implementation of the Poland-Sweden-initiated Eastern Partnership
Program.

Summing up the meeting, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan extended warm
greetings to his Polish counterpart and expressed hope that Mr. Tusc’s
upcoming visit will give a boost to economic ties: "Poland may well
be represented on a higher level in our region, and we are interested
in it."