Meeting Of Foreign Ministers Of Armenia And Georgia Takes Place In Y

MEETING OF FOREIGN MINISTERS OF ARMENIA AND GEORGIA TAKES PLACE IN YEREVAN

NOYAN TAPAN
SEPTEMBER 7, 2009
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 7, NOYAN TAPAN. Armenian Foreign Minister Edward
Nalbandian on September 4 met with his Georgian counterpart Grigol
Vashadze on a working visit to Yerevan.

During the meeting Edward Nalbandian attached importance to regular
contacts of the two foreign ministers, noting that they form a solid
basis for the further development of mutually beneficial relations,
the RA MFA reported.

The interlocutors duscussed in detail a wide range of issues related
to bilateral relations. It was mentioned that the completion
of construction of Gyumri-Akhaltskha-Bavra-Batumi motorway will
facilitate the transportation of cargo and passengers from Armenia
to Georgia and in the opposite direction.

The foreign ministers also addressed issues related to the extension
of the legal and contractual field, bilateral cooperation in the
energy sector, as well as some problems of the Armenians in Georgia.

The meeting was followed by the signing ceremony of the memorandum
on the exchange of land plots for the diplomatic missions of the
two countries.