RA FOREIGN MINISTER’S OFFICIAL VISIT TO HUNGARY STARTS
Noyan Tapan
Oct 30 2007
BUDAPEST, OCTOBER 30, NOYAN TAPAN. RA Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian,
who is in Hungary on an official visit, met with Hungarian Foreign
Minister Kinga Goncz on October 30. During the meeting, the parties
touched upon bilateral relations, possibilities of cooperation
at the current stage. They attached importance to possibility of
cooperation with Hungary within the framework of the Armenia-EU
Actions Plan. Mentioning that interest in South Caucasian states has
considerably increased in EU lately, K. Goncz stressed that official
Budapest encourages EU’s efforts of activization of eastern direction.
The Ministers also discussed possibilities of activizing cooperation
mentioning pharmacy, information technologies, tourism as primary
spheres, which have considerable potential of cooperation. In
this context they agreed to contribute to replenishment of the two
countries’ legal-contractual base.
As Noyan Tapan was informed by the RA Foreign Ministry Press and
Information Department, then the interlocutors exchanged thoughts over
international issues, regional developments, relations with neighboring
states. K. Goncz presented Hungary’s position on the Kosovo problem. In
his turn, V. Oskanian presented the latest developments in the Nagorno
Karabakh settlement negotiations process.
Touching upon the crime committed by the Azeri officer to the Armenian
officer in 2004, V. Oskanian expressed his satisfaction with the
fair decisions made by the Hungarian judicial system mentioning that
the Azeri party’s demands to hand over the criminal to Azerbaijan
are inadmissible.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
