FRANK PALLONE TO FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF RELATIONS BETWEEN U.S. AND ARTSAKH
PanARMENIAN.Net
24.11.2008 14:24 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Nagorno Karabakh President Bako Sahakyan met
Saturday in New York with Congressman Frank Pallone, the co-chair
of the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues, to discuss the
Azerbaijani-Karabakh conflict settlement process, recent developments
in the South Caucasus, Artsakh-U.S. ties, and socioeconomic situation
in the republic, the Central Information Department of the Office of
the NKR President told PanARMENIAN.Net.
Mr. Sahakyan appreciated highly the activities of the Congressman in
supporting and objective elucidating the Armenian issue and the Nagorno
Karabakh problem. For his part, Rep. Pallone expressed readiness to
further development of relations between Artsakh and the United States.
On the same day President Sahakyan met representatives of Eastern
U.S. Central Committee of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation Party
Hovsep Avagian and Karo Ketsemanian to discuss the situation in NKR,
the current stage and prospects of the ongoing talks on the conflict
settlement and development of Artsakh-Diaspora ties.
The NKR President noted the importance of giving a new impetus to
the relations with the Diaspora, particularly engaging Spyurk in the
homeland’s affairs.
He also visited Saint Gregory the Illuminator church of the Eastern
U.S. Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church and met representatives
of the Armenian community.