MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA
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PRESS RELEASE
23 July 2004
Foreign Minister Oskanian Receives Joint Mission of US German Marshall
Fund and Project on Transitional Democracies
Minister Oskanian received a joint mission of the German Marshall Fund
(GMF) of the US and the Project on Transitional Democracies (PTD) on
22 July.
On the same day, GMF-PTD mission members met with the President of
Armenia and Deputy Minister of Defense. On 23 July, the mission
visited Stepanakert to meet with the Nagorno Karabagh authorities.
The objective of the mission is to study the history of Nagorno
Karabagh conflict and its consequences and obtain the views and
positions of leaders of Armenia and Nagorno Karabagh.
The mission, convened in the framework of a joint GMF-PTD Project on
the Resolution of Frozen Conflicts in Europe, aims at informing lead
experts and decision makers in Washington and Brussels on the Karabagh
conflict, thus encouraging interested governments to render support
for the settlement of the conflict.
In addition to the above issues, the program of the mission included
discussions on regional development.
The mission will present its findings to senior officials of the US
Administration and Congress.