On December 7th minister Oskanian left for Brussels from Sofia to participate in NATO EAPC Foreign Ministerial.

The next morning Minister Oskanian met with ambassadors of EAPC member-countries as well as representatives of European policy planning think-tanks. During the meeting, Armenia-Turkey bilateral relations as well as perspectives of Armenian-European integration were discussed. The minister stressed Armenia's intentions of further developing Armenia-EU bilateral ties within the frame of the EU New Neighborhood Policy.

Later Minister Oskanian met with Mr.Olli Rehn, commissioner of the European Commission for Enlargement. An Armenian position on the upcoming talks of Turkey's accession to the EU was presented during the meeting.

During a working luncheon the minister met with Mrs. Marie-Anne Isler Begnuin, Head of the Armenia-EU Parliamentary Cooperation Committee, Vitautas Lansbergis and Arpad Gyula, Deputy Heads, and Mr. Jaromir Kohlicek, the EU's rapporteur on Armenia.

Later the Armenian Foreign Minister met Mr. Jean-Marius Wiersma, the Deputy President of the Socialist Party of the European Parliament.

During these meetings, the participants discussed Nagorno Karabakh, Armenia-Turkey relations, and Armenia-EU relations and the issues of South Caucasus.

In the evening Minister Oskanian delivered a speech on the current developments and perspectives in the South Caucasus at the Royal Institute of the International Relations of Belgium.

On December 9th Minister Oskanian will participate in the NATO EAPC Foreign Ministers meeting.

On that day the minister also plans to meet with an Azeri colleague. Minsk Group co-chairmen will participate at the meeting as well.