OSKANYAN INVITED
Support A1+!The RA Minister of Foreign Affairs Vardan Oskanyan met the Minister of Foreign affairs of Estonia Urmas Paet in Estonia.
Minister Paet underlined that Estonia was interested in maintaining and developing bilateral relations in various fields. Mr Oskanyan ensured that Armenia was willing to intensify collaboration in various fields, taking into account present capacity, historical relations of the two nations and mutual sympathy.
The ministers discussed the opportunities of stimulating economic cooperation, pointing out IT technologies and truism, as primary fields. In this regard, the parties talked about establishing inter-governmental committee.
The parties also prioritized the expansion of legal agreements between the two countries, which would promote extending and reinforcement of bilateral relations. Particularly, the ministers underlined “encouragement of investments and mutual protection” between the two countries and the necessity of signing Readmission Agreements.
Reflecting on the EU Action Plan under the European Neighbourhood Policy, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia expressed the readiness of his country to share the experience of Estonia for the access to various European structures. Then, Minister Oskanyan presented the current programs of Armenia’s cooperation with the EU and NATO.
During the meeting the parties reflected on the regional developments, as well as Armenia’s relations with neighboring countries. Mr Oskanyan presented the current process of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement.
At the end of the meeting Mr Oskanyan invited his partner to Armenia.
After the meeting the parties signed a memorandum on “Issues for European Integration Cooperation between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Estonia” and held a joint press conference.
The same day, Minister Oskanyan met The First Deputy Speaker of the Estonian Parliament Kristiina Ojuland.
