SECRETARY’S REMARKS: REMARKS WITH ARMENIAN PRESIDENT SERZH SARGSIAN BEFORE THEIR MEETING

State Department Documents and Publications
September 24, 2008

Secretary Condoleezza Rice
Trump International Hotel and Tower
New York City
September 24, 2008

PRESIDENT SARGSIAN: (Via interpreter.) I would like to once again thank
the Government of the United States of America for all the assistance
it has employed that the Republic of Armenia (inaudible) accepts, both
financial assistance and non-financial help. They are both important.

SECRETARY RICE: Well, thank you. Well, we want to be a good partner
for Armenia and its (inaudible) mission as it makes healing reforms
(inaudible). We believe that you have made some good steps to address
this, and so I’m here to build on that and to move forward.

QUESTION: Madame Secretary, how do you assess U.S.-Armenia
relationship?

SECRETARY RICE: I just said how I assess them. (Laughter.)

QUESTION: Okay, thank you.