FM Presents Latest Developments of Armenian-Turkish Reln’s to PACE

RA FOREIGN MINISTER PRESENTS LATEST DEVELOPMENTS OF ARMENIAN-TURKISH
RELATIONS TO PACE MONITORING COMMITTE’S RAPPORTEURS

YEREVAN, MAY 13, NOYAN TAPAN. Issues concerning constitutional reforms
in Armenia were discussed at the May 12 meeting of Vartan Oskanian,
the RA Foreign Minister, with Jersy Jaskiernia and Georges Colombier,
the rapporteurs on the Armenia’s issue of the PACE Monitoring
Committe. In that sense, Minister Oskanian attached importance to
holding of the referendum to take place in Armenia this year. Last
obstacles will be liquidated by it, and Armenia will fulfill its
obligations in front of the Council of Europe till the end of the
year, the Minister mentioned. As Noyan Tapan was informed from the RA
Foreign Ministry’s Press and Information Department, in the sense of
deepening Democratic processes in Armenia and the Eurointegration, the
Minister attached importance to Armenia’s involvement in the “New
Neighbourhood” program of the European Union as well. Then, at the
guests’ request, Minister Oskanian presented in details the present
stage of negotiations on the Karabakh problem, Armenia’s veiwpoints on
the settlement. He also touched upon the latest developments of
Armenia-Turkey relations as well.