Armenian, British Ministers Discuss Bilateral Relations

ARMENIAN, BRITISH MINISTERS DISCUSS BILATERAL RELATIONS

Mediamax News Agency, Armenia
11 Oct 06

Yerevan, 11 October: Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan met
Minister for Europe at the British Foreign Office Geoff Hoon in
Yerevan today. Hoon is winding up his tour of the South Caucasus.

Oskanyan highly rated relations between Armenia and the UK, noting
that Yerevan wishes to expand these relations within the framework
of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP), the press service of the
Armenian Foreign Ministry told Mediamax today.

Speaking about Armenia’s action plan within the framework of the ENP,
Oskanyan said that Armenia intends to implement all provisions of
the document, counting on support from the European Commission and
EU countries.

Oskanyan and Hoon also discussed the settlement of the Nagornyy
Karabakh conflict, as well as the problems between Armenia and Turkey
in the context of talks on Turkey’s membership of the EU.