Currently in Prague, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian held a meeting with his Czech counterpart Karel Schwarzenberg to discuss the Armenian-Czech relations, Armenia-EC cooperation as well as regional and international issues.

Appreciating highly the development of Armenian-Czech relations, the Ministers agreed on the necessity to expand legal and trade frameworks to stimulate interactions between the two countries.

In discussing possibilities to strengthen trade and economic cooperation, the Armenian Minister emphasized that 2008 Armenian-Czech business forum results have proved that there is a serious potential for development of cooperation in this field.

For his part, Mr. Schwarzenberg noted that before the Eastern Partnership Summit to be held in Prague on May 7, European Commission and the Czech Republic are planning to work out concrete proposals on the issue.

Briefing on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement process, Minister Nalbandian drew his counterpart's attention to Azerbaijan's ongoing militarist policy, which undermines EU efforts to establish stability in the South Caucasus.

As to normalization of the Armenian-Turkish relations, the Czech Minister hailed Armenia's endeavors to that end, the RA MFA press office reports.