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  • Lithuania Prez Reiterates Readiness to Assist Armenia Euro-Integrate

    PRESIDENT OF LITHUANIA REITERATES READINESS OF HIS COUNTRY TO ASSIST
    ARMENIA IN PROCESS OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION

    VILNIUS, JULY 1, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. Andranik Margarian,
    the RA Prime Minister, and a delegation headed by him, being in
    Vilnius on an official visit met with Valdas Adamkus, the President of
    Lithuania, on June 30. At the meeting, the RA Prime Minister mentioned
    the importance of mutual visits at different levels for the
    stimulation of the Armenian-Lithuanian relations. In this sense, he
    especially emphasized the significance of the mutual visits of the RA
    President in June, 2002, and the President of Lithuania in September,
    2003 in the issue of the stumulation of the bilateral cooperation. The
    Prime Minister expressed confidence that the present visit of the
    delegation of the RA Government to Lithuania will also support it. He
    mentioned that Valdas Adamkus' visit to Armenia at the RA President's
    invitation is also looked forward in Armenia with great expectations.

    Assuring the inflexibility of Armenia in the choice of the way of the
    integration into the European family, formation of a state
    corresponding to the European political and economy standards,
    Andranik Margarian mentioned that the involvement of Armenia in the
    "European Neighbourhood Policy" gives great opportunity for deepening
    relations with the EU member countries, including Lithuania. Informing
    that on June 16, Armenia officially presented to the observation of
    the European Commission the preliminary package of proposals of the
    Armenian party of the EU-Armenia Join Actions Plan within the
    framework of the European Neighbourhood policy, the Prime Minister
    mentioned that Armenia is ready to observe possibilities of the
    cooperation with Lithuania within the framework of the Actions
    Plan. President Adamkus assured that Lithuania numbers relaions with
    countries of the South Caucasus chosen the European way of development,
    and with Armenia among them, among primary tasks of its foreign policy
    attempting to take a role of a connecting circle among the European
    Union and those countries. In this sense, the President of Lithuania
    once more reiterated the readiness to assist Armenia in the issue of
    overcoming difficulties of the European integration process, to share
    its experience gathered on that way. Touching upon problems of the
    regional cooperation, the parties attached importance to efforts made
    in that direction by international organizations, particularly, by the
    EU, OSCE, NATO and CE, which are aimed to strengthening of peace and
    stability in the South Caucasus. In this context, Prime Minister
    Andranik Margarian emphasized the leading role of Lithuania in the
    issue of the 3+3 (Baltic+South Caucasian countries) initiation. In his
    turn, President Valdas Adamkus assured that the Lithuanian party will
    continue to explain the importance of that initiation to his partners
    from Estonia, Latvia as well as Scandinavian countries. The
    interlocutors attached importance to making close the cooperation of
    the two countries within framework of other international
    organizations as well. The current situation and development prospects
    of the settlement of the Armenia-Turkey, the Armneia-Russia-Georgia
    relations, the Nagorno Karabakh conflict were touched upon from the
    viewpoint of strengthening stability and security in the region. The
    RA Prime Minister mentioned that he expects the assistance of
    Lithuania in the issue of raising the blockade of Armenia by Turkey,
    improvement of relations with that country as well as recognation of
    the Armenian Genocide by other EU countries. As Noyan Tapan was
    informed by the RA Government's Information and Public Relations
    Department, after the meeting with the President of Lithuania, Prime
    Minister Andranik Margarian left for the "Antakalnis" pantheon and
    laid a wreath to the Monument to Victims for Independence. After a
    dinner given on behalf of Lithuanian Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis
    and his wife in honour of the RA Prime Minister Andranik Margarian and
    his wife, the Prime Minister and members of the RA delegation visited
    the Mayor's Office of Vilnius. Accompanied by the Mayor, they observed
    the new building of the Mayor's Office, got acquianted with
    development projects of the city and subconstructions. After midday,
    members of the RA delegation went to the Genocide Victims Museum of
    the Genocide and Confrontation Research Center where RA Prime Minister
    Andranik Margarian left a writing in the honoured guests' book. In the
    evening, in honour of RA Prime Minister Andranik Margarian and his
    wife, an official dinner was given on behalf of Lithuanian Prime
    Minister Algidas Brazauskas and his wife. The RA Prime Minister's
    meeting with Arturas Paulauskas, the Chairman of the Parliament of
    Lithuania is scheduled for July 1.
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