Armenian Fm to visit Slovenia, Belgium
25.08.2007,
01:31
Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan is to leave for Slovenia on August 26 to take part in the annual forum “EU 2020: expansion and integration” in the city of Bled.
YEREVAN, August 24. /ARKA/. Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan is to leave for Slovenia on August 26 to take part in the annual forum “EU 2020: expansion and integration” in the city of Bled.
The press and information department, RA Foreign Office, reports that among the prospective participants in the forum are Georgian President Mikhail Sahakashvili, the Premiers of Croatia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Iwo Sanader, Gedeminas Kirkilas and Nikola Grusevski, UN Special Envoy for the Kosovo problem Marti Akhtisaari, Foreign Ministers of a number of countries, political figures, EU officials, representatives of analytical centers and NGOs.
The forum participants are to discuss the challenges facing Europe and issue of European integration.
The Armenian FM is expected to make a speech during the discussions “Economic and political directions of the South Caucasus and Central Asia. The Role of EU and OSCE.”
Among the participants in the discussion will be Georgian Vice-Premier, State Minister for European and Euroatlantic integration Georgy Baramidze, Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Vagif Sadykov, EU Special Representative in the South Caucasus Peter Semneby.
The Armenian Foreign Minister is also to hold bilateral meeting in Bled.
On September 3, Minister Oskanyan is to leave for Brussels, at the invitation of the EU Commissioner for Foreign Relations and European Neighborhood policy Benita Ferero-Valdner, take part in a meeting of Foreign Ministers of the countries participating in the EU New Neighborhood Policy.
Attending at the meeting whose motto is “Cooperating in consolidating the European neighborhood policy” will be the Foreign Ministers of the 16 countries participating in the New Neighborhood Policy. The participants will discuss issues of cooperation in trade liberalization, energy security, as well as the challenges resultant from climatic changes.
In Brussels, the Armenian Foreign Minister is also to meet with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Schefer. P.T. –0--
The press and information department, RA Foreign Office, reports that among the prospective participants in the forum are Georgian President Mikhail Sahakashvili, the Premiers of Croatia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Iwo Sanader, Gedeminas Kirkilas and Nikola Grusevski, UN Special Envoy for the Kosovo problem Marti Akhtisaari, Foreign Ministers of a number of countries, political figures, EU officials, representatives of analytical centers and NGOs.
The forum participants are to discuss the challenges facing Europe and issue of European integration.
The Armenian FM is expected to make a speech during the discussions “Economic and political directions of the South Caucasus and Central Asia. The Role of EU and OSCE.”
Among the participants in the discussion will be Georgian Vice-Premier, State Minister for European and Euroatlantic integration Georgy Baramidze, Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Vagif Sadykov, EU Special Representative in the South Caucasus Peter Semneby.
The Armenian Foreign Minister is also to hold bilateral meeting in Bled.
On September 3, Minister Oskanyan is to leave for Brussels, at the invitation of the EU Commissioner for Foreign Relations and European Neighborhood policy Benita Ferero-Valdner, take part in a meeting of Foreign Ministers of the countries participating in the EU New Neighborhood Policy.
Attending at the meeting whose motto is “Cooperating in consolidating the European neighborhood policy” will be the Foreign Ministers of the 16 countries participating in the New Neighborhood Policy. The participants will discuss issues of cooperation in trade liberalization, energy security, as well as the challenges resultant from climatic changes.
In Brussels, the Armenian Foreign Minister is also to meet with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Schefer. P.T. –0--
