FOREIGN MINISTER TO VISIT PARIS AND STRASBOURG
ARMENPRESS
May 4, 2008
YEREVAN, MAY 4, ARMENPRESS: Foreign minister Edward Nalbandian will
fly tomorrow to Paris, France, for an official visit. The foreign
ministry in Yerevan said the visit takes place at the invitation of
French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner.
The foreign ministry said apart from meeting with Kouchner, Nalbandian
will also meet with chairman of the French Senate, Christian Poncelet.
On May 6 Nalbandian will head for Strasbourg to take part in
the recurrent gathering of the Council of Europe’s Committee of
Ministers. On the same day in Strasbourg Nalbandian will meet with
the OSCE Minsk Group cochairmen and his Azerbaijani counterpart
Elmar Mamedyarov.
In Strasbourg the Armenian foreign minister will also meet with
the OSCE secretary general Mark de Brichambaud, Council of Europe
secretary general Terry Davis, president of the Council of Europe
Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) Louis Maria de Puig, chairman of the
European Human Rights Court Jean Paul Costa.
The Armenia minister is also scheduled to meet with Council of Europe
human rights commissioner Thomas Hammamberg and members of the Council
of Europe Ago Monitoring Group.
In Strasbourg Nalbandian will also meet with some of his counterparts.