Armenia, Germany highly appreciate bilateral relations

YEREVAN, August 16. /ARKA/. Newly appointed German Ambassador to Armenia, Andrea Joana-Maria Wiktorin, handed credentials to President Kocharyan on Thursday.

Presidential press office says that the ambassador gave a high mark to Armenian-Georgian relations and pointed out an intensive political dialogue, frequent mutual visits and quickly developing trade and economic ties as convincing evidence of that.

Armenian head of state, pointing out systematic nature of bilateral relations, said that Germany’s promotion programs are feasible, effective and focused on infrastructural reformation of the most sustainable areas.

The German ambassador, in her turn, said that Germany is one of Armenia’s main donor countries in cooperation area.
“The more concrete and practical are programs the more effective is work”, she said.

The president and the ambassador pointed out the necessity of outlining bilateral cooperation new focuses and stressed the importance of intergovernmental commission’s activity.

Kocharyan and Wiktorin also discussed Armenia’s integration in European fold as well as Germany’s part in EU New Neighbourhood Program. M.V.-0---