ARMENIA AND KAZAKHSTAN TIED WITH HISTORY-PROVED FRIENDSHIP: NALBANDIAN

news.am
Feb 16 2010
Armenia

Armenia and Kazakhstan are tied with history-proved enduring
friendship, that deepens continually, said RA Foreign Minister Edward
Nalbandian at the joint press conference with Kazakh Secretary of
State and Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev in Yerevan.

According to him, both countries fruitfully cooperate within various
international structures and hold similar stance on numerous global
issues. RA FM emphasized that Armenia backed Kazakhstan’s candidacy
in OSCE presidency and will hereafter assist Kanat Saudabayev in his
OSCE initiatives. "In particular, we support Kazakhstan’s initiative
on holding OSCE summit in the year end, as well as informal meetings
of OSCE member-states’ presidents," Nalbandian maintained.

Saudabayev thanked Armenia for assistance, outlining the necessity of
holding OSCE summit. "Last summit in Turkey was quite a while ago and
a lot has changed in the world since then, new challenges, hot spots
and issues emerged, that need to be addressed at the OSCE summit,"
Kazakh FM concluded.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress