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Hovik Abrahamyan receives Austrian foreign minister Michael Spindelegger
YEREVAN, JUNE 25, ARMENPRESS: Armenian National Assembly Chairman
Hovik Abrahamyan received today Austrian Foreign Minister Michael
Spindelegger and members of his entourage.
NA public relations department told Armenpress that highlighting the
visit of the minister to Armenia, Abrahamyan expressed conviction that
it will give a new impetus to the friendly relations between the two
countries. Hovik Abrahamyan noted that the visit of Michael
Spindelegger is a new manifestation of high level Armenian-Austrian
political dialogue and expressed hope that it will be of continuative
nature. The NA speaker highly assessed the development of
inter-parliamentary ties with Austria. Pointing out the activity of
the group of cooperation with the South Caucasus operating in the
Austrian parliament, Hovik Abrahamyan suggested creation of
parliamentary groups of bilateral cooperation for establishing more
efficient ties and informed that soon a parliamentary group of
cooperation with Austria will be formed in the Armenian NA. The NA
speaker also highlighted activation of partnership in different
parliamentary formats like PACE, OSCE PA, newly-forming Euronest.
Hovik Abrahamyan pointed out that Armenia is interested in multi-sided
development of relations with Austria in trade economic, cultural,
scientific-educational and other spheres and today there is wish to
expand the cooperation.
In the context of economic relations the NA chairman highly assessed
the conduction of the Armenian-Austrian business forum in Yerevan
which will contribute to the consolidation and expansion of
partnership.
The Austrian minister thanked for the warm reception and noted that
Austria gives great significance to the development of cooperation
with Armenia in all the spheres which is testified by the conduction
of the Armenian-Austrian business forum. He welcomed the suggestion of
Hovik Abrahamyan to set up a separate cooperation group with Armenian
in the Austrian parliament and too highlighted the necessity of
cooperation in the international establishments.
The interlocutors referred also to the process of normalization of the
Armenian-Turkish relations, NK conflict, regional and other issue.
At the end of the meeting Hovik Abrahamyan reiterated the invitation
to the Austrian parliament chairperson Barbara Pramer to pay official
visit to Armenia.
From: A. Papazian
YEREVAN, JUNE 25, ARMENPRESS: Armenian National Assembly Chairman
Hovik Abrahamyan received today Austrian Foreign Minister Michael
Spindelegger and members of his entourage.
NA public relations department told Armenpress that highlighting the
visit of the minister to Armenia, Abrahamyan expressed conviction that
it will give a new impetus to the friendly relations between the two
countries. Hovik Abrahamyan noted that the visit of Michael
Spindelegger is a new manifestation of high level Armenian-Austrian
political dialogue and expressed hope that it will be of continuative
nature. The NA speaker highly assessed the development of
inter-parliamentary ties with Austria. Pointing out the activity of
the group of cooperation with the South Caucasus operating in the
Austrian parliament, Hovik Abrahamyan suggested creation of
parliamentary groups of bilateral cooperation for establishing more
efficient ties and informed that soon a parliamentary group of
cooperation with Austria will be formed in the Armenian NA. The NA
speaker also highlighted activation of partnership in different
parliamentary formats like PACE, OSCE PA, newly-forming Euronest.
Hovik Abrahamyan pointed out that Armenia is interested in multi-sided
development of relations with Austria in trade economic, cultural,
scientific-educational and other spheres and today there is wish to
expand the cooperation.
In the context of economic relations the NA chairman highly assessed
the conduction of the Armenian-Austrian business forum in Yerevan
which will contribute to the consolidation and expansion of
partnership.
The Austrian minister thanked for the warm reception and noted that
Austria gives great significance to the development of cooperation
with Armenia in all the spheres which is testified by the conduction
of the Armenian-Austrian business forum. He welcomed the suggestion of
Hovik Abrahamyan to set up a separate cooperation group with Armenian
in the Austrian parliament and too highlighted the necessity of
cooperation in the international establishments.
The interlocutors referred also to the process of normalization of the
Armenian-Turkish relations, NK conflict, regional and other issue.
At the end of the meeting Hovik Abrahamyan reiterated the invitation
to the Austrian parliament chairperson Barbara Pramer to pay official
visit to Armenia.
From: A. Papazian