Tuesday, 5 October 2004
Today RA Prime Minister A. Margaryan has met with Georgy Prvanov, President of the Republic of Bugaria, who is in Armenia on a two-day official visit.
The Prime Minister has stated that the visit of the Bulgarian President was very important in both political and economic respects. Issues bearing on bilateral political and economic cooperation, as well as on concerted and mutually beneficial collaboration within the framework of international organizations were discussed at the meeting. The Armenian Prime Minister has briefed the President of Bulgaria on Armenia's European integration and regional cooperation efforts, the progress made in democratic reforms underway in our country and the on-going activities in this priority area. The head of government has stressed that Armenia placed a special focus on regional cooperation within the OSCE and EU framework aimed at ensuring political stability and lasting peace in the South Caucasian region. In this context, Mr. A. Margaryan pointed out to the necessity of Armenia's more active involvement in those economic programs being implemented in our region under the aegis of the European Union, which he said would have a positive impact on regional conflict settlement processes. He has also touched upon Armenia
