Thursday, 2 February 2006
Today Republic of Armenia Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan has received newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Netherlands to Armenia Onno Frederick Gudenol Elderenbosch ( residence - in Tbilisi).
Having congratulated the Ambassador with the startup of his diplomatic mission in our country, the Prime minister expressed the hope that his activity would help further develop bilateral relationship between Armenia and the Netherlands.
During the meeting, both sides have stressed in particular the importance of activating the reciprocated high-level contacts, the establishment of cooperation within the framework of European Neighborhood Policy launched by the European Union. H.E. Onno Frederick Gudenol Elderenbosch said that not only was his country watching closely the progress in the talks between Armenia and the European Union, but it also stood ready to promote this process whenever possible. Taking into account the important role that the Netherlands played in the system of all-European security schemes, and also the fact of approval of the Armenia-NATO program of individual partnership and Armenia