PRIME MINISTER ENDS HIS VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES

Hayots Ashkharh Daily
Oct 23 2007
Armenia

Prime Minister Serge Sargsyan and his official delegation participated
in the annual conference session of the International Bank and the
International Monetary Fund in Washington, October 22.

This was followed by Prime Minister Serge Sargsyan’s meeting with
Karo Armenyan, member of the ARFD Bureau. During the meeting, the
activity of the American-Armenian organizations was also discussed
in line with other issues of mutual interest.

The same day the Prime Minister had a meeting with Kan Wallak,
Chairman of the National Democracy Institute.

On October 22 the Prime Minister had a meeting with Senators Harry
Rid, leader of the Senate majority and Richard Derbin, coordinator
of the Democratic faction. The meetings took place in the Capitol,
the main building of the US Congress.

During the meeting held in a warm atmosphere the parties recorded the
high level of the Armenian-American relations and discussed the main
trends of their further development.

Senator Rid introduced to PM Serge Sargsyan the process of discussing
the Armenian Genocide Resolution in the US Congress and the attitude
of the US legislative body towards the issue.

The Prime Minister expressed gratitude to the US Congress on behalf
of the Armenian authorities and the Armenian people for providing
assistance to Armenia since gaining independence and paying constant
attention to the problems faced by the country. Regional security
issues were also discussed during the meeting.

At the end of the day, PM Serge Sargsyan gave an interview to the
correspondent of "Associated Press" information agency, where he
particularly touched upon the political, economic and security
aspects of the Armenian-American relations, introduced the current
stage of the Karabakh peace settlement process, and the relations of
Armenia with the neighboring states; he also spoke about our country’s
participation in the anti-terrorist coalition.

Yesterday the Prime Minister had a tete-a-tete with the US State
Secretary Condoleezza Rice and Deputy State Secretary Rouben Jeffery
in the US State Department; he participated in the sitting of the
Armenian-American working group and then left for Paris.