January 15, 2003 - 22:34 AMT
ARMENIAN AND GERMAN LEADERS DISCUSSED PROSPECTS OF KARABAKH SETTLEMENT
Yesterday Armenian and German leaders Robert Kocharian and Johannes Rau discussed the prospects of the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict and Armenia's relations with its neighbors. At the same time, as reported by "Mediamax" agency, the main emphasis of the meeting was placed on the necessity to expand the Armenian-German economic relations. After the two presidents' meeting Armenian minister of finance and economy Vardan Khachatrian and German state secretary for European affairs Klaus Scharioth signed an intergovernmental agreement "On financial cooperation."