THE MINISTER NALBANDIAN REQUESTED, THE EUROPEAN OFFICIALS – REAFFIRMED
By Hovik Afyan

AZG DAILY
12-05-2011

On May 10, the Armenian Foreign Affairs Minister Edward Nalbandian
received Wilfried Martens, the President of the European People’s
Party (EPP) and the delegation led by him. As Press and information
department of Foreign Affairs Ministry reports, Nalbandian and Martens
had a thorough talk on the process of continuing development of the
interaction between Armenia and the European Union, as well as issues
related to the Eastern Partnership Program. The sides exchanged views
on a number of international and regional agenda issues. The Armenian
Foreign Affairs Minister presented the recent developments in the
settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh issue. In that context Minister
Nalbandian mentioned that “the international community should give a
relevant assessment to the threats of use of force and provocations
conducted by Azerbaijan”.

On May 10, the Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian also
met with Petros Efthymiou, the President of the OSCE Parliamentary
Assembly. Petros Efthymiou reaffirmed the position of the international
community about the Karabakh conflict settlement. The President of
the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly stressed the importance of creating an
atmosphere of confidence through the consolidation of cease-fire and
withdrawal of snipers and underlined that “a peaceful settlement of the
issue has no alternative”. Discussing a number of OSCE agenda issues,
the Armenian Foreign Minister mentioned that “OSCE Parliamentary
Assembly is a full-fledged format of inter-parliamentary cooperation
and Armenia actively participates in its activity.”