Armenia closely watching South Ossetian situation

Mediamax news agency
8 Jul 04

YEREVAN

Official Yerevan is closely watching events in South Ossetia, Armenian
Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan said today.

At a briefing in Yerevan today the Armenian foreign minister stressed
that “signs of destabilization anywhere in the South Caucasus could
have negative consequences for the entire region”, Mediamax news
agency reported. Vardan Oskanyan hoped that the situation in South
Ossetia would not spin out of control.

The minister said that the Armenian ambassador and other ambassadors
in Tbilisi were invited today to a briefing by Georgian Prime Minister
Zurab Zhvania on events in South Ossetia.