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    VARTAN OSKANIAN: COMMON FEATURES OF BSEC COUNTRIES SHOULD PREVAIL OVER THEIR DIFFERENCES

    Noyan Tapan
    Nov 01 2006

    MOSCOW, NOVEMBER 1, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan
    Oskanian took part in the 15th meeting of the Council of Foreign
    Ministers of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization (BSEC)
    in Moscow on October 31 - November 1. According to the RA MFA Press
    and Information Department, within the meeting's framework, he met
    with the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. The sides discussed
    the bilateral relations and regional problems, and addressed the
    issue of the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.

    During the 15th meeting of BSEC Council of Foreign Ministers ,
    V. Oskanian made a speech, in which he noted that despite the existing
    problems, BSEC member states have much in common. In his words,
    these common features should prevail over the existing differences,
    which will allow to create a environment conducive to the solution
    of political problems. He said that along with the efforts to create
    a transport link, there are also attemps to resort to the policy
    of by-passing or forcing out some member states or ignoring the
    already existing transport means, which is unacceptable for members
    of the same organization. Speaking about the upcoming Bulgaria's and
    Romania's joining the EU, V. Oskanian underlined that this opens
    a new opportunity for close cooperation of the BSEC and the EU,
    taking into account certain common interests and some countries'
    membership of both organizations. The minister proposed studying the
    experience during preparation for the summit on the 15th anniversary
    of the BSEC in Istanbul and making institutional reforms to increase
    the organization's efficiency. A joint declaration was adopted at the
    meeting of the BSEC Council of Foreign Ministers. The chairmanship
    of the organization was assumed by Russia (from Serbia).
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