 ARMENIA AND GREECE DISCUSSED ISSUES ON INTERACTION ON THE EVE OF OSCE MINISTERIAL MEETING IN VIENNENovember 23, 2000 - 17:17 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - 23.11.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. "At the meeting with the Foreign Minister of Greece we discussed issues covering our cooperation at the OSCE ministerial meeting to be held in Vienna on November 27-28," the Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian said in Athens. The Armenian Foreign Minister stressed that the problem of peaceful settlement of the Karabakh conflict will become one of the themes to be discussed at the OSCE Ministerial Meeting. According to Oskanian the possible activation of Armenia-European Union relations was also be touched upon during the meeting with Papandreou. The Foreign Minister said that today, when the issue of Armenia's membership to the Council of Europe is solved, Yerevan intends to discuss ways of its further engagement to the European structures. The agreement on partnership and cooperation between the European Union and the States of South Caucasus has come into force on July 1 of 1999. Then the head of the delegation of the European Commission to Armenia Ambassador Dennis Corboy stated in Yerevan that "in 10 years the borders of the European Union will possibly be expanded to South Caucasus." --0--   Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot".   Partner news |  Latest news Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall  A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte.Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province.€3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms.Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. |
