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POLAND'S FM MEETS OPPOSITE NUMBER IN YEREVAN
The News
http://www.thenews.pl/international/artykul135606_polands-fm-meets-opposite-number-in-yerevan.html
July 14 2010
Poland
Poland's Foreign Minister met with Armenia's head of diplomacy,
Edward Nalbandian in Yerevan to discuss bilateral relations between
the two countries, as well as Armenia's progress in the EU-led
Eastern Partnership.
At the meeting, Radoslaw Sikorski spoke of the need to boost
economic ties between Poland and Armenia, as well as facilitating
visa procedures for Armenian citizens wishing to travel to Poland
and the European Union.
Both foreign ministers left the meeting pleased, underlining the
good relations between the two countries, citing examples of budding
cooperation between Warsaw and Yerevan: a new Polish-Armenian economic
committee, and the introduction of scheduled flights from between
the two capitals.
Sikorski stated during the meeting that Poland will try to make it
easier for Armenian citizens to apply for visas to the country as
well as to the EU under the Schengen Agreement on boarderless travel
within the European Union.
"Armenia is ready to lift visa restrictions for Poland and other
countries of the European Union," Nalbandian said in response to
the move.
Positive role of Eastern Partnership
One of the main points of Radoslaw Sikorski's meeting with Edward
Nalbandian was the relations between the EU and Armenia, including
the Caucasian country's participation in the Eastern Partnership.
"The more countries participate in the Eastern Partnership the better,"
Radoslaw Sikorski is quoted as saying by an Armenian news agency.
The Eastern Partnership, a joint Polish-Swedish initiative is to better
relations between the 27-nation bloc and its eastern neighbours, all
of which are ex-Soviet satellite states, such as Armenia, Azerbaijan,
Georgia, Moldova, the Ukraine and Belarus.
Nagorno-Karabakh still a hinderance
Minister Sikorski underlined the need to resolve issues surrounding
Nagorno-Karabakh, a break-away state mainly populated by Armenians
in the territory of Azerbaijan, and furthermore not recognised
internationally.
"As an OSCE member, Poland will do all in its power for peaceful
resolution of Nagorno Karabakh conflict," Sikorski said after the
bilateral talks.
Poland's foreign minister also called for a resolution with Turkey,
which closed its border with Armenia in 1993 after the escalation of
the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Radoslaw Sikorski is also to meet, Wednesday, with Armenian President
Serzh Sargsyan and Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan.
During his tour, Sikorski also visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial
and planted a tree in the Memory Alley there.
In 2005, Poland's lower parliamentary house, the Sejm, passed a bill
recognising the Armenian Genocide, when thousands of Armenians were
killed by Ottoman Turks after World War I. (jb)
From: A. Papazian
The News
http://www.thenews.pl/international/artykul135606_polands-fm-meets-opposite-number-in-yerevan.html
July 14 2010
Poland
Poland's Foreign Minister met with Armenia's head of diplomacy,
Edward Nalbandian in Yerevan to discuss bilateral relations between
the two countries, as well as Armenia's progress in the EU-led
Eastern Partnership.
At the meeting, Radoslaw Sikorski spoke of the need to boost
economic ties between Poland and Armenia, as well as facilitating
visa procedures for Armenian citizens wishing to travel to Poland
and the European Union.
Both foreign ministers left the meeting pleased, underlining the
good relations between the two countries, citing examples of budding
cooperation between Warsaw and Yerevan: a new Polish-Armenian economic
committee, and the introduction of scheduled flights from between
the two capitals.
Sikorski stated during the meeting that Poland will try to make it
easier for Armenian citizens to apply for visas to the country as
well as to the EU under the Schengen Agreement on boarderless travel
within the European Union.
"Armenia is ready to lift visa restrictions for Poland and other
countries of the European Union," Nalbandian said in response to
the move.
Positive role of Eastern Partnership
One of the main points of Radoslaw Sikorski's meeting with Edward
Nalbandian was the relations between the EU and Armenia, including
the Caucasian country's participation in the Eastern Partnership.
"The more countries participate in the Eastern Partnership the better,"
Radoslaw Sikorski is quoted as saying by an Armenian news agency.
The Eastern Partnership, a joint Polish-Swedish initiative is to better
relations between the 27-nation bloc and its eastern neighbours, all
of which are ex-Soviet satellite states, such as Armenia, Azerbaijan,
Georgia, Moldova, the Ukraine and Belarus.
Nagorno-Karabakh still a hinderance
Minister Sikorski underlined the need to resolve issues surrounding
Nagorno-Karabakh, a break-away state mainly populated by Armenians
in the territory of Azerbaijan, and furthermore not recognised
internationally.
"As an OSCE member, Poland will do all in its power for peaceful
resolution of Nagorno Karabakh conflict," Sikorski said after the
bilateral talks.
Poland's foreign minister also called for a resolution with Turkey,
which closed its border with Armenia in 1993 after the escalation of
the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Radoslaw Sikorski is also to meet, Wednesday, with Armenian President
Serzh Sargsyan and Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan.
During his tour, Sikorski also visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial
and planted a tree in the Memory Alley there.
In 2005, Poland's lower parliamentary house, the Sejm, passed a bill
recognising the Armenian Genocide, when thousands of Armenians were
killed by Ottoman Turks after World War I. (jb)
From: A. Papazian