CONSULTATIONS BETWEEN RA AND BULGARIAN FOREIGN MINISTRIES HELD ON JANUARY 18

Noyan Tapan
Jan 19, 2010

SOFIA, JANUARY 19, NOYAN TAPAN. Consultations between the RA and
Bulgarian Foreign Ministries were held on January 18 in Sofia, led
by RA Deputy Foreign Minister Karine Ghazinian and Bulgarian Deputy
Foreign Minister Marin Rajkov.

The sides discussed issues related to international and regional
developments, implementation of the European Neighborhood Policy
Actions Plan, the two countries’ cooperation at international
organizations, and development of bilateral and many-sided cooperation
in the Black Sea region.

The Armenian side attached importance to fulfillment of the
provision regarding citizens’ free travel in secure conditions and
liberalization of the entrance visa regime stipulated by the Eastern
Partnership Declaration. It was mentioned that Armenia’s involvement
in the already approved Council of Europe’s Actions Plan within the
framework of the EU Neighborhood Policy will give a possibility to
establish closer cooperation with EU, as well as to integrate into
the European internal market.

Touching upon cooperation between Armenia and Bulgaria in political,
trade and economic, scientific-cultural spheres the sides mentioned
that a considerable progress was recorded especially in the
scientific-cultural sphere and already in June the Year of Armenia’s
Culture festival will start in Bulgaria.

Thoughts were exchanged about the reforms carried out in the two
countries, relations with their neighbors, the Nagorno Karabakh
settlement negotiations process, as well as normalization of
Armenian-Turkish relations.

According to the RA Foreign Ministry Press and Information Department,
the same day at the Diplomatic Institute under the Bulgarian Foreign
Ministry K. Ghazinian gave a lecture on the subject The Republic of
Armenia Foreign Policy and Regional Cooperation.