April 6, 2006 - 20:41 AMT
Vartan Oskanian Met Russian Security Council Secretary and OSCE MG Co-Chair
Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian met in Moscow with Secretary of the Russian Security Council Igor Ivanov to discuss the Armenian-Russian relations and the prospects of their development as well as the regional and international stability. He also held a meeting with Russian Co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Yuri Merzlyakov.

Vartan Oskanian also met with Russian entrepreneurs of Armenian origin. Thanking for the projects implemented in Armenia, the Minister briefed on the development projects of Armenian villages and said it will be in the limelight of the third Armenia-Diaspora forum to be held in Yerevan September 18-19. In the Moscow Carnegie center the RA FM addressed the political circles, members of scientific and research institutes, representatives of diplomatic missions and media with a report titled "Cooperation and Security in the South Caucasus". April 7 Vartan Oskanian is scheduled to meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, reported the RA MFA press office.