Rice: I am hopeful for strengthening of friendship with Armenia

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Condoleezza Rice: I am hopeful for strengthening of friendship with Armenia
08.05.2008 18:55 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza
Rice congratulated Edward Nalbandian on appointment as
Foreign Minister of the Republic of Armenia, the RA
MFA press office reported.

The congratulatory message says in part, `I
congratulate you on appointment as Foreign Minister of
the Republic of Armenia and looking forward to meet
you. I am hopeful that we will strengthen the
friendship between our countries. We should carry out
a good deal of joint work for final resolution of the
Nagorno Karabakh conflict and normalization of
diplomatic and economic relations with the neighbors.
We also hope that Armenia will give a new impetus to
democratic reform and restoration of civil freedoms –
the values that underlie our relations.’

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