Armenian-polish intergovernmental commission will be established

On February 10, Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia Karine Kazinian visited Warsaw for two-days working visit to hold political consultations between Foreign Ministries of Armenia and Poland.
On the first day of visit Mme Kazinian met with Marcin Korolec, Deputy Minister of Economy, responsible for Poland’s economic cooperation with Europe.

In the course of the meeting the parties stressed the necessity of stimulation of Armenian-Polish economic cooperation and the importance of its coordination within an intergovernmental commission. Mme Kazinian informed about consents reached between Armenia and European Union in the sphere of economic cooperation, on stimulation of whom can highly benefit the program of Eastern Partnership.

Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister stressed the importance of  the negotiations on “Deep and comprehensive free trade Agreement” in the framework of the mentioned program. In response, Polish Deputy Minister of Economy suggested to Armenian side Polish expert support for the elaboration of the document.

Responding positively to the suggestion of Armenian side to establish an Armenian-Polish intergovernmental commission, Polish side suggested to hold the first session in Yerevan during this year, keeping in mind that the second session can be held in Warsaw in 2011, when Poland will take EU presidency.

The same day Karine Kazinian had a meeting in Polish Sejm with the members of the parliamentary friendly group between Polish Sejm and Senate and the Armenian National Assembly.

During the meeting Lukasz Abgarovic, head of Polish-Armenian parliamentary group, presented the activities of the group, emphasizing the importance to the significance to the upcoming visit to Armenia by the invitation of Armenian-Polish parliamentary group of Armenian parliament.

The two sides discussed the cooperation between delegations of Armenia and Poland in the Parliamentary Assemblies of international organizations.

Deputy Minister Kazinian responded to the questions of Polish deputies on Armenian-Turkish relations, peaceful resolution of Nagorno-Karabakh issue, ensuring regional security in the South Caucasus.

The members of parliamentary group noted with satisfaction, that the visit of Poland’s Prime-Minister Donald Tusk to Armenia in 2010 will serve as a good stimulus for the development of bilateral relations and for the strengthening of friendship between Polish and Armenian nations.

In Polish Sejm Karine Kazinian also had a meeting with Tomasz Lenz, head of permanent commission on EU Eastern Partnership program. During the meeting the two had a detailed discussion on the implementation of the EP program.