April 23, 2005 - 09:53 AMT
OSKANIAN MET WITH CANADA PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION
Today Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian met with the parliamentary delegation of Canada, which is in Armenia to take part in events on 90-th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. As reported by the State Commission for Organizing Events on that date, the delegation includes representatives of the Canadian Parliament Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral, Jim Karygiannis, Senator Raymond Setlakwe and others. Vartan Oskanian thanked the Canadian MPs for supporting the Armenian people on these days. The FM noted with gratitude those countries, which have established close bilateral relations with Armenia. In the course of the meeting the parties discussed matters of development of bilateral relations and activation of trade and economic tires, prospects of development of Armenia, as well as regional and international problems. Besides, the interlocutors discussed in detail matters of solving problems relating to the establishment of the Armenian-Turkish relations.