EU foreign policy chief to visit Armenia

PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan met Wednesday with the EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus, Mr. Peter Semneby to discuss the Armenia-EU cooperation within the Eastern Partnership initiative, the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement process, normalization of the Armenian-Turkish relations and the process of reforms carried out in the republic.



Poland's Ambassador to Armenia Tomasz Knothe, France's Ambassador Serge Smessov and head of the European Commission Delegation to Armenia Raul de Luzenberger also attended the meeting.



Stressing the necessity to further the Armenia-EU cooperation, the RA President attached importance to regional cooperation.



"Eastern Partnership participant states should be committed to regional cooperation principle," he said.



For his part, Mr. Semneby confirmed the intention of EU High Representative for the Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana to visit Armenia in the near future, the RA leader's press office reports.