ARMENIA, RUSSIA ALLIES: MEDVEDEV

ARKA
June 24
YEREVAN

Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev believes Armenia and Russia are
allies, RIA Novosti reports.

"I hope full-scale negotiations between Armenia and Russia are
productive and contribute to bilateral cooperation development,"
President Medvedev said during the Kremlin meeting with Armenia’s
President Serge Sargsian.

The Russian leader said the focus of the meeting will be bilateral
economic, political, social and cultural cooperation.

In his turn, President Sargsian assured his Russian counterpart
Armenia and Russia will remain strategic partners. "I am sure present
negotiations will step up bilateral cooperation," he said.

Medvedev and Sargsian met in St. Petersburg during the CIS non-official
summit in June.