"GERMANY IS INTERESTED IN QUICK SETTLEMENT OF KARABAKH CONFLICT," NEWLY-APPOINTED AMBASSADOR OF FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY TO ARMENIA DECLARES
Noyan Tapan
Aug 13 2007
YEREVAN, AUGUST 13, NOYAN TAPAN. Andrea Joana-Maria Wiktorina, the
newly-appointed Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to
Armenia, handed the duplicate of his credentials to Vardan Oskanian,
the RA Minister of Foreign Affairs, on August 13.
According to the information provided to Noyan Tapan by the Press
and Information Department of the RA Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
the sides touched upon the current high level of Armenian-German
bilateral relations, as well as discussed the future plans of the
cooperation between Armenia and Germany during the conversation,
which followed the ceremony.
Referring to the recent developments of the European integration
of Armenia, Vardan Oskanian briefly presented the work done by
Armenia within the framework of the Action Plan under the European
Neighbourhood Policy, which will be introduced to the European
Commission in September during the first conference of the member
countries of the Action Plan under the European Neighbourhood Policy
to be held in Brussels.
At the request of the Ambassador, the RA Minister of Foreign Affairs
also touched upon the negotiation process of the Nagorno Karabakh
conflict. The Ambassador mentioned that irrespective of the fact
that Germany is not a country co-presiding over the Minsk Group and
is not actively envolved in the process of the peacefull settlement,
it once again re-affirms its interest in a quick settlement of this
problem and establishment of stability in the region.
Reference: Andrea Joana-Maria Wiktorina was born in 1957. He has been
a collaborator of the Foreign Ministry of the Federal Republic of
Germany since 1991. He worked in the German Embassy in Latvia between
1992 to 1995 and in the German Embassy in Nitherlands between 1997
to 2000. He was the Deputy Ambassador of the Embassy of the Federal
Republic of Germany to Belarus from 2000 to 2003 and the deputy of
the head of the Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the
Federal Republic of Germany since 2003.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
