Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian took part in the 15th sitting of the FMs of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization (BSECO), reported the RA MFA press office. Addressing the meeting Minister Oskanian said that despite the existing problems the BSECO member states have much in common. In order to create a harmonic atmosphere for the resolution of political issues this commonness should prevail over the differences. He also underscored that the efforts to isolate some BSECO member states via construction of a transport circle are inadmissible.

When touching upon Bulgaria and Romania's accession to the EU Vartan Oskanian said this will create new possibilities for close cooperation between the EU and BSECO taking into account the fact that some states are members on both organizations. The RA FM proposed to examine the experience to raise the efficiency of the BSECO activities and implementation of institutional reforms.

A joint declaration was adopted upon the outcomes of the sitting. Serbia accepted the presidency in the organization. Within the sitting framework Vartan Oskanian met with Russian FM Sergey Lavrov to discuss bilateral relations, regional issues and the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement.