MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, EDVARD NALBANDYAN, LEFT FOR BERLIN
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17:40 01/07/2008
On the eve Edvard Nalbandyan, the minister of Foreign Affairs, RA,
had an official visit to Germany. As press and informational office of
the ministry of Foreign Affairs informs on the first day of the visit
the minister had a meeting with the vice-prime-minister of Germany,
minister of Foreign Affairs, Frank-Walter Steinmayer.
During the meeting both noticed that Armenian-German relations
are warm, friendly and in high level and an efficient cooperation
between 2 countries develops in bilateral and multilateral modes,
a large law-contractual sphere is created which includes business
connections. Nalbandyan added that for Armenia further development
and strengthening of cooperation with one of the leading countires is
of great importance. Besides he assures that Armenia will do all the
necessity. At the minister`s of FA of Germany request E. Nalbandyan
introduced the last developments of negotiations concerning Karabakh
problem, as well as chances of regulations of Armenian-Turkish
relations and the steps in this direction done by Armenia.
The ministers of FA turned to the problem of security of safety and
stability. They discussed the co-operations in the sphere of culture
and education and the realization of the projects. Edvard Nalbandyan
noticed that In Armenia German is of great importance and expressed
Armenian expectations of opening the representation of Goethe institute
in Yerevan.
At the same dayNalbandyan had meetings with the prime-minister, Angela
Merkel, foreign policy adviser, Christoph Heusgen, secretary of FA,
Raynald Zilberberg and the head of evangelic church, Bishop Wolfgang
Heuber and discussed problems concerning both sides.