PUTIN HOPES TO DEVELOP RELATIONS WITH ARMENIA
ITAR-TASS
March 24 2008
Russia
MOSCOW, March 24 (Itar-Tass) – Russian outgoing President Vladimir
Putin said he hopes to develop relations with Armenia despite the
difficult political situation in the republic.
In his meeting with Armenian president-elect Serzh Sarkisyan on Monday,
President Putin said, "Despite the difficult political situation in
Armenia, I hope that relations will develop dynamically."
"We hope that whatever the internal political situation develops in
Armenia what we did in the previous years we’ll continue to develop
in the future," the Russian outgoing president said.
Putin congratulated Sarkisyan on the convincing victory in the
presidential elections.
The Armenian president-elect said his country "needs further
development of relations with Russia". "We’ve always praised your
assistance in the pre-election campaign," Putin told Sarkisyan.
"Both the president (Robert Kocharyan) and our ambassador (to Russia)
gave me your message. I can say we’d never felt such approach,"
Sarkisyan said.
He also expressed hope for further development of cooperation with
Russia. "We know Dmitry Medvedev as your like-minded person. Armenia
hopes that his taking office will facilitate the development of
relations between the two countries. We need further strengthening
of cooperation," Sarkisyan said.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
