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    Bulgarian president receives Armenian parliamentary delegation

    BTA web site, Sofia
    30 Jun 04


    Sofia, 30 June: The state and prospects of bilateral relations, with
    an emphasis on initiatives to boost two-way trade, build
    infrastructure projects, pursue regional cooperation and European
    integration, figured on the agenda of Wednesday's [30 June] session
    between Bulgarian President Georgi Purvanov and an Armenian
    parliamentary delegation, led by National Assembly Chairman Artur
    Baghdasaryan.

    Last year witnessed a breakthrough in Bulgarian-Armenian trade, but
    the two countries can and should do a lot better than the 23m US
    dollars' worth of goods they exchanged, the guest said, quoted by the
    President's Press Secretariat. He stressed that Armenia is
    particularly keen on regional cooperation and will assist the
    implementation of specific projects in this sphere, as well as the
    twinning between Bulgarian and Armenian cities. The guests expressed
    readiness to invigorate cooperation in education and culture and
    specifically to help Sofia University open an Armenian Studies
    Department.

    President Purvanov noted that Bulgaria attaches enormous importance to
    infrastructure projects and specifically the connection between
    TRACECA and Pan-European Corridor No.VIII. "This will be the soundest
    investment in peace and security of two regions which are key to the
    entire continent," he stressed. The president promised Bulgaria's
    active support to Armenia's efforts to reach the threshold of European
    integration. He also welcomed the idea to initiate the establishment
    of culture centres in Sofia and Yerevan under the auspices of the two
    parliaments.

    It emerged at the session that a visit of the Bulgarian head of state
    to Armenia has already been scheduled for October 2004.
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