Oskanyan And Lenmarker Discuss Prospects Of Karabakh Settlement

OSKANIAN AND LENMARKER DISCUSS PROSPECTS OF KARABAKH SETTLEMENT

Noyan Tapan News Agency
Oct 5 2005

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 5, NOYAN TAPAN. Goran Lenmarker, Special
Representative of the Chairman of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
on Nagorno Karabakh issue, arrived in Yerevan for the purpose of
participating in the seminar of NATO Parliamentary Assembly. On October
5, Goran Lenmarker was received by RA Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian.

According to RA Foreign Ministry’s Press and Information Department,
Goran Lenmarker presented the results of the OSCE PA annual session
held in July in Washington, during which the report of the OSCE PA
Chairman’s Special Representative was heard. The Minister positively
estimated the report noting that it gave the realistic picture of
the process of Nagorno Karabakh conflict’s peaceful settlement. Then
V.Oskanian and G.Lenmarker exchanged thoughts about the current state
and prospects of Nagorno Karabakh settlement.

Touching upon Armenia’s participation within the framework of the
European Neighborhood policy, the sides held the same opinion that the
elaboration of an Action Plan will open a new page in the Armenia-EU
relations.

RA Foreign Minister and OSCE PA Chairman’s Special Representative
touched upon the current state and prospects of Armenian-Turkish
relations at a bilateral level, as well as in the light of the
negotiations on Turkey’s membership to the EU.