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VARTAN OSKANIAN AND PITER SEMNEBY THOROUGHLY DISCUSS KARABAKH SETTLEMENT NEGOTIATIONS PROCESS
Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Apr 05 2006
YEREVAN, APRIL 5, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. A wide exchange of
thoughts around issues regarding regional cooperation, settlement
of conflicts, Armenia-EU relations took place at RA Foreign Minister
Vartan Oskanian's April 5 meeting with EU Special Representative Piter
Semneby who arrived in Armenia on a 3-day cognitive visit. Minister
Oskanian congratulated Ambassador Semneby in connection with
the latter's appointment and wished him success in his mission,
highly estimating the activity of EU Special Representative to
the South Caucasus, in particular, the large-volume work of first
Representative, Ambssador Heikki Talvitie. The interlocutors had a
thorough discussion about the negotiations process on Nagorno Karabakh
settlement. In this connection Minister Oskanian presented P.Semneby
the last developments and Armenia's approaches in the direction of
continuing the negotiations process. The sides also touched upon
the process of working out of the Armenian Actions Plan within the
framework of the European Neighborhood policy, as well as separate
aspects of settlement of Armenian-Turkish relations. Immediately
after the meeting V.Oskanian's and P.Semneby's joint press conference
was held at RA FM press hall. According to RA Foreign Ministry Press
and Information Department, the discussions between V.Oskanian and
P.Semneby went on over a working dinner with the participation of
Fokion Fotiadis, European Commission's Deputy Director General on
Foreign Relations. Piter Semneby was born in 1959 in Sweden. He
got education at Stockholm economic school, Stockholm and Upsala
Universities, Harvard University Management School after J.Kenedy. In
2002-2005 he was the OSCE mission head in Croatia. In 2000-2002 he
was the head of OSCE mission in Latvia. In 1997-2000 he was the head
of Swedish Foreign Ministry's Board on European Security and Defence
Policy of the Department on European Security.
P.Semneby worked in Swedish Embassies in Germany, Ukraine and the USSR,
as well as in 1992 in OSCE mission in Georgia. He masters the English,
French, German, Russian and Serbian-Croatian languages.
Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Apr 05 2006
YEREVAN, APRIL 5, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. A wide exchange of
thoughts around issues regarding regional cooperation, settlement
of conflicts, Armenia-EU relations took place at RA Foreign Minister
Vartan Oskanian's April 5 meeting with EU Special Representative Piter
Semneby who arrived in Armenia on a 3-day cognitive visit. Minister
Oskanian congratulated Ambassador Semneby in connection with
the latter's appointment and wished him success in his mission,
highly estimating the activity of EU Special Representative to
the South Caucasus, in particular, the large-volume work of first
Representative, Ambssador Heikki Talvitie. The interlocutors had a
thorough discussion about the negotiations process on Nagorno Karabakh
settlement. In this connection Minister Oskanian presented P.Semneby
the last developments and Armenia's approaches in the direction of
continuing the negotiations process. The sides also touched upon
the process of working out of the Armenian Actions Plan within the
framework of the European Neighborhood policy, as well as separate
aspects of settlement of Armenian-Turkish relations. Immediately
after the meeting V.Oskanian's and P.Semneby's joint press conference
was held at RA FM press hall. According to RA Foreign Ministry Press
and Information Department, the discussions between V.Oskanian and
P.Semneby went on over a working dinner with the participation of
Fokion Fotiadis, European Commission's Deputy Director General on
Foreign Relations. Piter Semneby was born in 1959 in Sweden. He
got education at Stockholm economic school, Stockholm and Upsala
Universities, Harvard University Management School after J.Kenedy. In
2002-2005 he was the OSCE mission head in Croatia. In 2000-2002 he
was the head of OSCE mission in Latvia. In 1997-2000 he was the head
of Swedish Foreign Ministry's Board on European Security and Defence
Policy of the Department on European Security.
P.Semneby worked in Swedish Embassies in Germany, Ukraine and the USSR,
as well as in 1992 in OSCE mission in Georgia. He masters the English,
French, German, Russian and Serbian-Croatian languages.