A meeting of Armenia's ambassadors posted to all European capitals took place in Brussels Saturday and Sunday.

Also attending the meeting were Armenia's ambassadors to Washington and Moscow, as well as those heading all missions to multilateral organizations, including the United Nations, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the Council of Europe and NATO.

Minister Vartan Oskanian who headed the meeting explained that the agenda would focus on Armenia's foreign policy agenda for the coming year.

Armenia's eurointegration processes were the main item on the Ambassadors' agenda. Minister Oskanian explained that 2006 will bring both the European Union European Neighborhood Policy Action Plan to its conclusion, and Armenia's Individual Partnership Action Plan with NATO will be concluded.

The discussed the implications of both those documents for Armenia's economic and democratic development. Minister Vartan Oskanian stressed that the European Union Neighborhood Policy enhances opportunities for closer bilateral relations with individual European Union member countries as well, and each ambassador would be working to identify the areas and programs of possible bilateral cooperation within the European Neighborhood Policy Action Plan. The Minister stressed that in some areas, this would bring Armenia from cooperation to integration with European structures.

The Minister also spoke about the current state of negotiations over Nagorno Karabakh.