19:54 . 25/06
At the invitation of the President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, today the President of the Republic of Austria Heinz Fischer has arrived in Armenia on an official visit, accompanied by his spouse Marget Fischer.
Within the frames of the visit, the President of Austria will have meetings with President Serzh Sargsyan, His Holiness Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II, National Assembly Speaker Hovik Abrahamian and Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan.
The Presidents of Armenia and Austria will participate in the Armenian-Austrian Business Forum.
Before his visit to Armenia, the Austrian president gave an exclusive interview to Hayastani Hanrapetutyun [The Republic of Armenia] Daily. Touching upon the recent ceasefire violation cases on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border and on the line of contact between Azerbaijan and Karabakh, Fischer said Austria is greatly concerned over the continuation of the incidents on the line of contact. The withdrawal of snipers and establishment of an investigation mechanism for incidents on the line of contact are necessary to draw nearer to the settlement of the conflict. Heinz Fischer had also expressed his regret that the ratification of the two protocols on the normalization of the relations between Armenia and Turkey is stopped.