On August 30, Minister Vartan Oskanian received Kim Traavik, Norwegian State Secretary.

During the meeting the Minister brought up Armenian-Norwegian relations, underlining the willingness of the Armenian side to strengthen and extend bilateral cooperation. In this context both sides stressed the continued importance of conducting and maintaining high-level relations between the two countries.

The Norwegian State Secretary stressing his country's interest in settling existing conflicts in the South Caucasus region presented the cooperation projects of Norway and the UNDP, according to which Norway to invest in the implementation of development programs in South Caucasus region. The programs would be in the field of management, energy and the protection of the environment.

In this context, both parties positively evaluated the efficient relations of Armenia's authorities and the UNDP office in Armenia and expressed confidence that the new programs would encourage the regional cooperation.

Presenting Armenia's approach towards regional issues, Minister Oskanian briefed his counter-part on the recent developments of the Nagorno Karabakh peace process, as well as Turkish-Armenian relations.