VARTAN OSKANIAN SAID POLICY OF ISOLATION INADMISSIBLE
PanARMENIAN.Net
01.11.2006 18:11 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian took part
in the 15th sitting of the FMs of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation
Organization (BSECO), reported the RA MFA press office. Addressing
the meeting Minister Oskanian said that despite the existing problems
the BSECO member states have much in common. In order to create
a harmonic atmosphere for the resolution of political issues this
commonness should prevail over the differences. He also underscored
that the efforts to isolate some BSECO member states via construction
of a transport circle are inadmissible.
When touching upon Bulgaria and Romania’s accession to the EU Vartan
Oskanian said this will create new possibilities for close cooperation
between the EU and BSECO taking into account the fact that some states
are members on both organizations. The RA FM proposed to examine
the experience to raise the efficiency of the BSECO activities and
implementation of institutional reforms.
A joint declaration was adopted upon the outcomes of the
sitting. Serbia accepted the presidency in the organization. Within the
sitting framework Vartan Oskanian met with Russian FM Sergey Lavrov to
discuss bilateral relations, regional issues and the Nagorno Karabakh
conflict settlement.