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    Speaker of Armenian parliament: Oil dollars are not key to resolving Nagorno Karabakh conflict

    REGNUM
    September 21, 2006

    Speaker of Armenian parliament: Oil dollars are not key to resolving
    Nagorno Karabakh conflict Read it in Russian

    Speaker of Armenian parliament Tigran Torosyan received Sep
    20 ambassador of Netherlands to Armenia Onno Frederic Gudenol
    Elderenbosch.

    The sides discussed issues of inter-government cooperation, REGNUM
    reports referring to the parliament press office. Tigran Torosyan
    described inter-state relations with Netherlands as important to
    Armenia. Armenia, he stated, has announced Euro-integration a priority
    of its foreign policy, and experience and capabilities of Netherlands
    are of great interest to Armenia.

    The Netherlands ambassador said that Armenia is of special interest
    for his country, and signing in October a new neighborhood program
    with the European Union will open new opportunities for developing
    cooperation and realizing joint programs with the EU.

    Onno Elderenbosch informed that after the April elections in
    Netherlands, he would be able to take effort to organize bilateral
    visits and extend inter-parliamentary relations.

    Speaking of the regional situation, Tigran Torosyan noted that Armenia
    is ready to establish normal relations with all her neighbors,
    although, unfortunately, not all the neighbors are ready for such
    relations. In particular, Torosyan maintained, Azerbaijan propagates
    hatred towards Armenians, which does not help to settle the Nagorno
    Karabakh conflict, since it is not oil dollars that are the key to
    resolving the issue. It is not coincidental that EU representatives
    voice concern about Azerbaijan's inflating military budget and
    belligerent rhetoric of its political leaders. At the same time,
    cooperation with other countries, for example, Iran, develops based
    on mutual respect.

    The sides also touched upon parliamentary elections of 2007,
    emphasizing the importance of their conformity to international norms.
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