U.S. CONGRESSMEN VISIT ARMENIA
Published:
24 August 2001 y., Friday
A U.S. Congressional delegation headed by Adam Schiff met in Yerevan on 22 August with Armenian President Robert Kocharian, Prime Minister Andranik Markarian, Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian, and parliament deputy speaker Gagik Aslanian.
Topics discussed included the Armenian genocide and the current state of Armenian-Turkish relations, the Karabakh conflict, and Armenian-U.S. relations. Kocharian again expressed his desire to begin an Armenian-Turkish dialogue at the state level. He also predicted that Armenia will become "the best-organized and most stable country in the region," according to Noyan Tapan. Schiff for his part expressed reservations over the recently created Armenian-Turkish reconciliation commission, especially the choice of its Armenian members. He said he considers it regrettable that the commission will not address the issue of the 1915 genocide.
Šaltinis:
RFE/RL's Armenian Service
Copying, publishing, announcing any information from the News.lt portal without written permission of News.lt editorial office is prohibited.
The most popular articles
On 27 September in New York, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis held meetings with foreign ministers of Afghanistan, Indonesia, Israel and Ukraine to discuss economic cooperation, bilateral and international issues.
more »
President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė attending the UN General Assembly in New York met with the interim President of the Kyrgyz Republic, Roza Otunbayeva.
more »
President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė made an address in the panel discussion “Women as a Critical Force in Democratic Governance” hosted by the Community of Democracies under the Lithuanian Presidency and the Council of Women World Leaders.
more »
Speaking at the general debate of the 65th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė underlined that in a global world, all our countries, large and small, must share responsibility for the future.
more »
President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė took off for New York to attend the 65th session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
more »
President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė watched the multinational special operational forces exercise “Jackal Stone 2010” in Klaipėda.
more »
President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė accepted letters of credence from the Ambassador of Latvia, Martinš Virsis.
more »
President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė met with the Federal Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel.
more »
Federal Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel comes to Lithuania on September 6 at the invitation of President Dalia Grybauskaitė.
more »
President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė met with Georgian Prime Minister Nikoloz Gilauri, who is visiting Lithuania.
more »