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18 July 2002 - 15:41 AMT

EUROPE INTERESTED IN REALIZATION OF ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL REFORMS IN ARMENIA, ITALIAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER STATED

The states of the South Caucasus aim at integration into the European family, on this account, we consider cooperation in the sphere of realization of political and economic reforms, consolidation of democracy in these countries perspective. Italian foreign minister Margerita Bonivery stated that at the meeting with Armenian president Robert Kocharyan. Her visit to South Caucasian region is to be considered in the context of that in a year Italy will chair the European Union, Bonivery noted. Speaking about the bilateral relations, Bonivery emphasized the warm attitude of Italy to Armenia and readiness of her state to be useful for Armenia.