Noyan Tapan Armenians Today Mar 29 2006 WASHINGTON, MARCH 29, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. RA Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian had a number of meetings with high-ranking officials of the U.S. Department of State during his two-days working visit to Washington. After the ceremony of signing the Millennium Challenge treaty, he met with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Assistant Secretary for Europe and Eurasia Daniel Fried and Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew Bryza on March 24. As Noyan Tapan was informed by the RA Foreign Ministry's Press and Information Department, issues of bilateral cooperation, including programs of economic and democratic assistance, were discussed during the meetings. The sides touched upon regional issues as well, particularly the problems of energy safety and diversification of fuels. The issue of settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict and prospects of the negotiation process was also on the agenda, what became the main theme of the conversation of the meeting taken place on the same day between Vartan Oskanian and OSCE Minsk Group American Co-Chairman Steven Mann. V.Oskanian again mentioned that Armenia is ready to look for a solution through negotiations. V.Oskanian made a speech on March 28 at the National Press Club of Washington as well. Minister Oskanian left Washington for New York on March 29 where meetings with UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and other high-ranking officials are scheduled for the next days.
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