ARMENIAN-POLISH INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMISSION TO BE FORMED
news.am
Feb 11 2010
Armenia
On February 10, RA Deputy Foreign Minister Karine Ghazinyan left
for a 2-day visit to Warsaw to hold political consultations with
Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The same day, she had a meeting
with Deputy Economy Minister of Poland Marcin Korolec, responsible
for Poland’s cooperation with the European Union (EU). She informed
Korolec of the Armenia-EU economic cooperation agreements promoted
by the EU Eastern Partnership program.
The RA Deputy Foreign Minister pointed out the importance of
negotiations over a free trade agreement conducted under the program.
Korolec offered the Armenian side expert assistance in drafting
the documents.
The Polish side also welcomed the Armenian side’s proposal for
forming an Armenian-Polish intergovernmental commission and offered
that commission holds its maiden meeting in Yerevan in 2010, and the
second in Warsaw in 2011, when Poland takes over the EU presidency.
In the Seym of Poland Ghazinyan held a meeting with the Armenia-Poland
parliamentary friendship group. She answered the Polish MPs questions
about Armenia-Turkey relations, Nagorno-Karabakh peace process and
regional security in the South Caucasus.
The group members emphasized that Polish Prime Minister Donald
Franciszek Tusk’s visit to Armenia this year will give strong
impetus to further development of bilateral relations as well as
Armenian-Polish friendship.
Ghazinyan also held a meeting with Tomas Ries, Chairman of the EU
Foreign affairs Committee in the Polish Seym. The sides discussed
the implementation of the program.