ARMINFO News Agency, Armenia
 Saturday


The Armenian President and the head of the foreign policy department
of Poland discussed the Armenian- Polish cooperation in Yerevan

Yerevan October 21

Tatevik Shahunyan. President Serzh Sargsyan received Minister of
Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland Witold Jan Waszczykowski.

The President of the Republic welcomed the guest and noted that he was
glad to receive it in the jubilee year for the two countries and
nations, when, at the same time as the 25th anniversary of the
establishment of diplomatic relations between Armenia and Poland, the
650th anniversary of the formation of the Armenian community of Poland
was celebrated. Serzh Sargsyan expressed gratitude to the friendly
Polish people and the Polish authorities for caring for part of the
Armenian people and for the cultural heritage of Armenia. The
President of the Republic highly appreciated the warm message
addressed to the Armenian community in connection with the 650th
anniversary of the President of Poland, Andrzej Duda, and the
resolution adopted yesterday in the Senate of that country on the same
issue. Serzh Sargsyan stressed that Armenia attaches great importance
to deepening relations with Poland both in bilateral format and within
the framework of cooperation with The EU.

Minister Waszczykowski expressed gratitude to President Serzh Sargsyan
for the reception and remembered with warmth the meeting and
productive negotiations of the Presidents of Armenia and Poland in New
York in the framework of the UN General Assembly on September 19 this
year.

Witold Waszczykowski presented to the President of the Republic the
purpose of his visit to Armenia and the results of today's meeting
with his Armenian counterpart. The interlocutors, apart from the
bilateral Armenian-Polish relations, also touched upon the RA-EU
cooperation, the forthcoming Brussels summit and the expectations of
Armenia from this summit.

The President of Armenia noted that Armenia attaches great importance
to deepening relations with the EU, stressing that as a result of
cooperation with the Union in Armenia in recent years quite
large-scale reforms have been implemented and the RA-EU relations
registered tangible progress. Serzh Sargsyan stressed the important
role of Poland in strengthening the RA-EU relations within the
framework of the Eastern Partnership.

At the meeting, the interlocutors also touched upon the negotiation
process for the peaceful settlement of the NK problem.