ESTONIAN PRESIDENT PLEDGES TO HELP ARMENIA`S EU TIES

Published: 17 November 2004 y., Wednesday
Estonian President Arnold Ruutel said in Yerevan today that his country`s membership of the European Union `is creating fresh prerequisites for developing relations with Armenia`. Arnold Ruutel told a briefing in Yerevan that `if we can be useful to Armenia, then Estonia is ready to offer any possible help`, Mediamax news agency reports. In turn, Armenian President Robert Kocharyan said that Estonia`s membership of the EU sets up `a fresh vector of cooperation`. He recalled that the South Caucasus countries were incorporated into the EU`s Wider Europe: New Neighbourhood programme in June this year. `It is important for us that the new relations be filled with specific content,` Robert Kocharyan said. He said that Estonia could play its role in this process.
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