Regnum, Russia
Oct 19 2007

Serzh Sargsyan called Pentagon to give equal military aid to Yerevan
and Baku

Armenia’s Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan met US Defense Secretary
Robert Gates in the United States. As REGNUM is told at the press
office of the Armenian government, during the meeting, noting the
high level of the Armenian-US relations, Serzh Sargsyan expressed
satisfaction with the development of the military and political
cooperation and thanked for the persistent assistance rendered by the
USA to the Armenian armed forces.

Speaking on rendering military assistance to countries in South
Caucasus, Serzh Sargsyan particularly noted importance of preserving
the parity in rendering military aid to Armenia and Azerbaijan. On a
request by Robert Gates, the Armenian prime minister informed him on
the activity of the Armenian government.

Speaking on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement, Serzh Sargsyan
noted that Armenia supports sooner and political settlement of the
conflict grounding on mutual concessions. He informed that the dialog
within frameworks of the Minsk Group will bring about necessary
results.