On February 10, RA Deputy Foreign Minister Karine Ghazinyan left for a 2-day visit to Warsaw to hold political consultations with Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The same day, she had a meeting with Deputy Economy Minister of Poland Marcin Korolec, responsible for Poland’s cooperation with the European Union (EU). She informed Korolec of the Armenia-EU economic cooperation agreements promoted by the EU Eastern Partnership program.

The RA Deputy Foreign Minister pointed out the importance of negotiations over a free trade agreement conducted under the program. Korolec offered the Armenian side expert assistance in drafting the documents.

The Polish side also welcomed the Armenian side’s proposal for forming an Armenian-Polish intergovernmental commission and offered that commission holds its maiden meeting in Yerevan in 2010, and the second in Warsaw in 2011, when Poland takes over the EU presidency.

In the Seym of Poland Ghazinyan held a meeting with the Armenia-Poland parliamentary friendship group. She answered the Polish MPs questions about Armenia-Turkey relations, Nagorno-Karabakh peace process and regional security in the South Caucasus.

The group members emphasized that Polish Prime Minister Donald Franciszek Tusk’s visit to Armenia this year will give strong impetus to further development of bilateral relations as well as Armenian-Polish friendship.

Ghazinyan also held a meeting with Tomas Ries, Chairman of the EU Foreign affairs Committee in the Polish Seym. The sides discussed the implementation of the program.

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