PRESIDENT SARGSYAN TO TRAVEL TO BRUSSELS

Panorama.am
16:32 11/05/2010

Politics

The newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of
the Kingdom of Belgium to Armenia Stephan de Locker presented his
credentials to President Serzh Sargsyan, President’s press office
reported.

President Sargsyan congratulated Mr. De Locker on assuming office
and voiced hope that he would make a considerable contribution to
the development of Armenia-Belgium relations.

President Sargsyan noted that Armenia is interested in reinforcing
the Armenian-Belgian cooperation in both bilateral and multilateral
formats. The parties signified the cooperation under the Eastern
Partnership Program. The interlocutors exchanged views on regional
issues.

Ambassador De Locker said the Belgian Government welcomes the Armenian
President’s efforts targeted at the normalization of relations between
Armenia and Turkey and expresses its support in this complex and
hard process.

At the request of the Ambassador, President Sargsyan presented
Armenia’s approaches over the current stage of the negotiations on
the Karabakh conflict settlement.

Referring to President Sargsyan’s upcoming visit to Brussels, the
parties expressed confidence that it would serve as an additional
impetus for further development of the Armenian-Belgian relations.