Normalization of Ties with Azerbaijan "vitally important" for Armenia – PM

Day.az
Oct 6 2008
Azerbaijan

Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan has said the establishment
of good neighbourly relations with regional countries, first of all
with Azerbaijan, is a "vitally important issue" for Armenia".

In an interview with the Azerbaijani website Day.az, Sargsyan said: "We
are pragmatic about this issue…In the long run, regional cooperation
will become the number one issue in the agenda of all regional states."

Sargsyan told the website that Azerbaijan and Armenia "need to try to
see a common future in 20 or 30 years. Then it will be easier for us
to find mutually acceptable decisions… We believe in Azerbaijan’s
constructiveness".

Sargsyan added that Azerbaijan and Armenia should concentrate on
"values which unite us and not on the circumstances which separate us".

The Armenian prime minister said that Armenia and Azerbaijan were
loyal to all European values and see their future in the EU.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress