Armenia is interested in relations with PolandFebruary 27, 2007 - 16:12 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Today Armenian President Robert Kocharian met with Polish Foreign Minister Anna Fotyga, the Presidential Press Office reports. At the meeting the two sides highly appreciated the current level of bilateral relations, underlining the great potential of its development. Robert Kocharian stated that Armenia is interested in large scale relations with Poland-the largest East European country. He said, in order to give more business character to bilateral relations, some institutional steps are necessary, particularly to finish the formation process of Armenian-Polish intergovernmental commission as soon as possible. The Armenian President underlined the importance of relations between the two countries in the context of Armenia's European integration policy. Stressing that the main development resource of the country is realization of effective reforms, he said, "We aim at full and effective usage of possibilities offered by the European Neighborhood Policy, and we see Poland as one of our main partners in this context." At her part Anna Fotyga expressed confidence that in the result of her visit to Armenia friendly relations between the two countries will continue to enlarge and deepen, involving more and more spheres of cooperation. The two sides also discussed regional issues, Armenia's relations with her neighbors and the process of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement. Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. Partner news | International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty. Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. Armenia, Russia agree on repairing railway destroyed in floods Yerevan and Moscow have agreed to repair a flood-stricken railway in northern Armenia. |