PRESIDENT SARGSYAN MEETS WITH FOREIGN DIPLOMATS
armradio.am
11.04.2008 10:52
President Serzh Sargsyan held a meeting with the heads of the
Armenian diplomatic missions accredited abroad, President’s Press
Office reported.
The President of Armenia spoke about the priorities of the Armenian
foreign policy and stressed that to move them forward it is necessary
to be much more resolute and active. "We want the coming years to
become the years of proactive and vigorous foreign policy," underlined
the President of Armenia.
According to Serzh Sargsyan, there will be no radical changes in the
foreign policy, the complimentary policy will be continual, bilateral
and multilateral relations with friendly and partner states will
continue to deepen and strengthen.
At the same time the President of Armenia tasked to pursue more dynamic
and intensive relations with all the countries, which according to
him, does not mean that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs didn’t fulfill
the task or acted inefficiently. Serzh Sargsyan said that under the
circumstances and time period related to the reforms it is necessary
to double the efforts.
President Sargsyan spoke in detail about the current stage of the
Nagorno Karabakh peace process and its perspectives.
Serzh Sargsyan attached also special importance to the relations with
Diaspora and better realization of its potential.
The President of Armenia invited the attention of the diplomats to
the necessity to enhance foreign economic relations and attraction of
new investments, noting that a serious work is undertaken in Armenia
to create normal conditions for competition. He said that the customs
and tax administration would be improved and fight against corruption
would become tougher.
At the same time Serzh Sargsyan said that along with the day-by-day
activities it is necessary to implement concrete programs – political
or economic – set for a certain period of time, which, according to
him, would allow to assess the activities of each diplomatic mission.