On October 3 Armenian Ambassador to the Czech Republic Tigran Seyranyan met the First Deputy Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister of the Czech Republic Karel Schwarzenberg. Karel Schwarzenberg congratulated Ambassador Seyranyan on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Armenia's independence and expressed confidence that the opening of the Armenian Embassy in the Czech Republic would be an important impetus for the development of bilateral relations. According to the department of press, information and public relations of the RA Minitsry of Foreign Affairs a wide circle of issues referring to the political, economic and cultural relations was discussed. Karel Schwarzenberg especially attached importance to the perspectives of cooperation in the fields of culture and may be also nuclear energy. With the request of the Czech Foreign Minister, Ambassador Seyranyan presented Armenia's approaches towards the recent developments in the region. They also touched upon the negotiations process of the Karabakh conflict, particularly the Kazan meeting, which failed to make a breakthrough because Azerbaijan was not ready to accept the final version of the basic principles offered by the co-chairs. Tigran Seyranyan noted Armenia remains familiar to the peaceful settlement of the conflict, but at the same time it is also ready to impose peace on Azerbaijan if it launches a new military adventurism.

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