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    Hovik Abrahamyan receives Austrian foreign minister Michael Spindelegger


    YEREVAN, JUNE 25, ARMENPRESS: Armenian National Assembly Chairman
    Hovik Abrahamyan received today Austrian Foreign Minister Michael
    Spindelegger and members of his entourage.

    NA public relations department told Armenpress that highlighting the
    visit of the minister to Armenia, Abrahamyan expressed conviction that
    it will give a new impetus to the friendly relations between the two
    countries. Hovik Abrahamyan noted that the visit of Michael
    Spindelegger is a new manifestation of high level Armenian-Austrian
    political dialogue and expressed hope that it will be of continuative
    nature. The NA speaker highly assessed the development of
    inter-parliamentary ties with Austria. Pointing out the activity of
    the group of cooperation with the South Caucasus operating in the
    Austrian parliament, Hovik Abrahamyan suggested creation of
    parliamentary groups of bilateral cooperation for establishing more
    efficient ties and informed that soon a parliamentary group of
    cooperation with Austria will be formed in the Armenian NA. The NA
    speaker also highlighted activation of partnership in different
    parliamentary formats like PACE, OSCE PA, newly-forming Euronest.

    Hovik Abrahamyan pointed out that Armenia is interested in multi-sided
    development of relations with Austria in trade economic, cultural,
    scientific-educational and other spheres and today there is wish to
    expand the cooperation.

    In the context of economic relations the NA chairman highly assessed
    the conduction of the Armenian-Austrian business forum in Yerevan
    which will contribute to the consolidation and expansion of
    partnership.

    The Austrian minister thanked for the warm reception and noted that
    Austria gives great significance to the development of cooperation
    with Armenia in all the spheres which is testified by the conduction
    of the Armenian-Austrian business forum. He welcomed the suggestion of
    Hovik Abrahamyan to set up a separate cooperation group with Armenian
    in the Austrian parliament and too highlighted the necessity of
    cooperation in the international establishments.

    The interlocutors referred also to the process of normalization of the
    Armenian-Turkish relations, NK conflict, regional and other issue.

    At the end of the meeting Hovik Abrahamyan reiterated the invitation
    to the Austrian parliament chairperson Barbara Pramer to pay official
    visit to Armenia.




    From: A. Papazian
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