BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS
DATE:
28/11/2008
Armenia, Belarus FMs discuss a wide range of bilateral and regional issues
Within the framework of his visit to Belarus, the Foreign Minister of Armenia, Edward Nalbandian, had a meeting with the Foreign Minister of Belarus Sergey Martinov. The parties discussed a wide range of bilateral, regional and international issues.
The interlocutors stressed the necessity of enlarging the existing contractual-legal field to ensure the deepening of further cooperation. The Ministers attached importance to the visit of the Armenian Parliament Speaker, Hovik Abrahamyan, to Belarus in the first half of the next year.
Sergey Martinov asked to convey to the Prime Minister of Armenia, Tigran Sargsyan Belarusian Prime Minister Sergey Sidorkin's invitation to visit Minsk.
Ministers Nalbandian and Martinov noted the growth of commodity turnover over the past years, which today reaches about $30 million. The interlocutors exchanged views on the ways of overcoming the inequality of import and export.
The Armenian and Belarusian Foreign Ministers discussed the opportunities of launching cooperation in the field of culture, appreciating the intention to conduct the Culture Days of Belarus in Armenia in 2009 and the Days of Armenia in Belarus in 2010.
At the request of Sergey Martinov, Edward Nalbandian presented the latest developments in the negotiations on the Karabakh conflict settlement.
The meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Belarus was followed by a joint press conference, after which Edward Nalbandian gave an interview to Belarusian TV.
Source:
http://www.armradio.am/news/?part=off&id=13954
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