NALBANDIAN TO MEET WITH MAMMADYAROV
Support A1+!RoA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian left for France on May 5 upon the invitation of his French counterpart Bernard Couchner.
In the framework of the visit Minister Nalbandian will have a meeting with the Foreign Minister of France Bernard Couchner to be followed by a joint press conference. The Minister will also meet with the President of the French Senate Christian Poncelet.
On May 6 Edward Nalbandian will leave for Strasbourg to participate in the 118th session of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. The Armenian FM is due to deliver a speech in the session.
The same day Minister Nalbandian will meet the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group and the Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov. During the stay in Strasbourg Edward Nalbandian will have meetings with the OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, the Secretary General of the Council of Europe Terry Davis, the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Luis Maria de Puig and the President of the European Court of Human Rights Jean Paul Costa. Minister Nalbandian is also expected to meet with the EU Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg and members of the Ago Monitoring Group of the Council of Europe.
Minister Nalbandian will have meetings with a number of Foreign Ministers of Council of Europe member states.