CZECH AMBASSADOR PRESENTS HIS CREDENTIALS TO PRESIDENTS SARGSYAN
armradio.am
19.06.2008 13:02
The newly appointed Ambassador of the Czech Republic Ivan Estrab (seat
in Tbilisi) presented his credentials to President Serzh Sargsyan.
Congratulating the Ambassador on appointment, the Armenian President
said: "We attach great importance to the development of bilateral
relations with Czechia and collaboration within European organizations
and added, "Armenia considers itself part of the European family and
European integration is one of our foreign policy priorities."
Underlining the high level of political relations between the two
countries, the President noted, at the same time, that the economic
ties still yield to political ones, and the volume of commodity
turnover is still small. The parties attached importance to the
activation of contacts, exchange of information, which is important
for finding common edges of cooperation.
Ambassador Estrab noted that his country is interested in the
South Caucasus region, especially Armenia. According to him, the
Czech side attaches great importance to the forthcoming official
visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic Karel
Schwarzenberg to Armenia from the perspective of further development
of cooperation. The diplomat informed that from January 2009 the Czech
Republic will assume the presidency of the European Union and has the
wish to further expand the cooperation with the countries included
in the European Neighborhood Policy. Noting that Poland and Sweden
have already come forth with an initiative to develop relations with
eastern neighbors, the Ambassador said it can serve as a good basis
for active collaboration.
Ivan Estrab informed also that the President of the Senate of Czechia
is expected to arrive in Armenia for an official visit.