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    ARMENIA ATTACHES IMPORTANCE TO FURTHER DEEPENING OF BILATERAL RELATIONS WITH ESTONIA AND RELATIONS WITHIN FRAMEWORK OF EU

    Noyan Tapan
    June 11, 2009

    YEREVAN, JUNE 11, NOYAN TAPAN. "Armenia attaches importance to further
    deepening of bilateral relations with Estonia and relations within
    the framework of the European Union," RA President Serzh Sargsyan
    said on June 11, receiving Foreign Minister of Estonia Urmas Paet,
    who has arrived in Armenia on an official visit. The RA President
    expressed confidence that Estonian Foreign Minister's visit will be
    one more step aimed at expansion of cooperation.

    S. Sargsyan highly assessed Estonia's involvement in the advisory
    group that arrived in Armenia on the part of the European Union,
    attached much importance to their work and said that Armenia strives
    for taking the opportunities given by the EU Eastern Partnership
    program to the maximum extent.

    Mentioning that his visit is aimed at expansion of all-round
    cooperation, Urmas Paet said that Estonian businessmen have arrived
    in Armenia with him, who try to find common verges of cooperation
    with their Armenian partners.

    S. Sargsyan mentioned the low level of commodity circulation between
    the two countries and attached importance to the holding of the
    Armenian-Estonian Economic Forum. He also attached importance to
    development of educational, cultural cooperation adding that this year
    Armenia is celebrating the 200th birth anniversary of great Armenian
    illuminator, writer, pedagogue Khachatur Abovian, who lived part of
    his life in Estonia and studied at the University of Tartu.

    According to the report of the RA President's Press Office, the
    facilitation possibility of the entrance visa reception process was
    also touched upon at the meeting.

    At Estonian Foreign Minister's request S. Sargsyan briefly presented
    the latest developments in the Nagorno Karabakh settlement and the
    normalization process of Armenian-Turkish relations.

    According to the RA NA Public Relations Department, RA National
    Assembly Speaker Hovik Abrahamian also received the Estonian Foreign
    Minister the same day.

    He expressed the hope that Estonia as a European Union member
    will continue actively contributing to Armenia's efforts aimed
    at integrating into the European family and corresponding to
    its standards. H. Abrahamian also attached imoportance to the
    Armenian-Estonian Economic Forum being held the same day in Yerevan,
    which can promote cooperation between the two countries' businessmen.

    At the meeting, the interlocutors highly assessed the level of
    bilateral political relations and expressed satisfaction on that
    occasion. They, nevertheless, mentioned that interparliamentary
    contacts need to be developed by using of the potential of deputy
    friendship groups existing on both sides and legislators' mutual
    visits.

    The sides also discussed issues regarding Armenia's home
    political situation, stability in the South Caucasian region, and
    Armenian-Turkish relations.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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