ITALY ENCOURAGES STATES WHICH CHOSE EUROPEAN WAY OF DEVELOPMENT

PanARMENIAN.Net
19.09.2007 17:07 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Sept. 19, Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian
received the Italian parliamentary delegation led by Mr Umberto
Ranieri, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Parliamentary Committee.

Expressing satisfaction with the development of the Armenia-Italian
relations, Minister Oskanian noted their importance for the European
Neighborhood Policy.

By the guests’ request, he briefed on priorities of Armenia’s foreign
policy, relations with the neighbor states, the Karabakh peaceful
process. He also commented on the Armenia-Turkey relations and our
republic’s attitude towards Turkey’s EU membership.

For his part, Mr Ranieri said that the purpose of the regional visit
is to encourage the states, which have chosen the European way of
development, the RA MFA reports.