DAMASCUS, Syria, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Damascus welcomed a delegation from Armenia on Tuesday to discuss strengthening bilateral relations and regional issues.
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem welcomed Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Arman Kirakosyan to Damascus to take part in bilateral discussions on regional affairs.
Kirakosyan said high-level exchanges between the two countries gave new quality to their level of friendship, the Public Radio of Armenia reports.
Damascus hopes to strengthen its regional position in the community. Washington dispatched top diplomats to Damascus last year in the hopes of reaching a variety of agreements with Syrian officials on issues ranging from Lebanon to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Armenia, for its part, is wrestling with its own regional complications over Nagorno-Karabakh.
War broke out between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh in the early 1990s, and the regional fallout from that row remains tense despite a 1994 cease-fire.
The Minsk group of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, led by France, Russia and the United States, is leading peace negotiations aimed at settling the conflict of the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Source: United Press International (UPI).
Link: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2010/02/09/Damascus-hosts-Armenian-delegation/UPI-30671265738888/.
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