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26.06.2007 10:31
June 25 RA Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian participated in the summit of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization, where he came forth with a speech.
The Minister had a number of bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the summit. During the meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Turkey Abdullah Gul the agenda and future programs of BSEC were discussed. Turning to bilateral issues, Minister Oskanian reconfirmed Armenia’s position to normalize relations without preconditions.
The interlocutors discussed the latest developments in the negotiations on the Karabakh conflict settlement. The Turkish Foreign Minister noted that his country is interested in the rapid and just solution of the conflict.
Minister Oskanian’s next interlocutor was the newly appointed Foreign Minister of Serbia Vuk Geremich. The Foreign Ministers discussed the perspectives of development of bilateral relations, regional issues, as well as the processes of settlement of the Karabakh and Kosovo conflicts.
Minister Oskanian had short meetings with the Foreign Ministers of Georgia and Greece Gela Bezhuashvili and Dora Bakoyanis.
On the sidelines of the summit Vartan Oskanian gave a press conference, featuring representatives of more than 40 Turkish and foreign media.
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