AUSTRIA GIVES GREAT IMPORTANCE TO HOLDING FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS IN ARMENIA
PanARMENIAN.Net
17.04.2007 14:00 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian, currently
in Austria with a working visit, met with Ursula Plassnik, Austrian
Minister for European Affairs and International Relations. At the
meeting the two highly appreciated Armenia and Austria’s bilateral
relations, which significantly activated recently. Vartan Oskanian
and Ursula Plassnik gave a positive assessment to the results of
consultations between foreign ministers of both countries that took
place in Yerevan in March 2007.
"Austrian government’s decision to appoint a news Ambassador to Armenia
(residence in Vienna) will benefit activation of bilateral ties,"
the Armenian FM underlined. He also stressed Armenian-Austrian ties
have good perspectives for development in different spheres. "The
realization of Armenia-EU Action Plan in the framework of the
European Neighborhood Policy may open ways for effective cooperation
with Austria in spheres of High Technologies, tourism, banking and
agriculture," Vartan Oskanian noted.
In her part Ursula Plassnik underlined Austria gives a great importance
to holding free and fair parliamentarian election in Armenia and is
going to participate in the watchdog mission.
By her request the RA FM introduced the Austrian side with the current
situation in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement process and
perspectives for its development. At the meeting the two sides also
touched upon the coming meeting between Armenian and Azeri FMs in
Belgrade.
The Armenian Foreign Minister also met Austrian MFA State Secretary
Hans Winkler and delivered a lecture in Vienna Diplomatic Academy
titled "Armenian foreign policy in hard times and in unfavorable
circumstances", the RA MFA Press Office reports.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
