AZG Armenian Daily #237, 20/12/2008
Armenia-Kazakhstan
ARMENIAN PRESIDENT LEFT FOR KAZAKHSTAN
Armenian President Serzh Sargsian left for Kazakhstan December 18 to
participate in the non-official summit of the heads of CSTO countries.
Presidential press service informed that Serzh Sargsian had a short
meeting with the Kazakhstani President Nursultan Nazarbayev. During
the meeting, the two sides highly qualified the present level of the
Armenian – Kazakhstani bilateral relations and mentioned that they are
pleased with the level of the political dialogue between the two
states.
The Presidents underlined the role of the Armenian community of
Kazakhstan in the strengthening of Armenian-Kazakhstani friendly
relations.
After the meeting, the non-official summit of the heads of CSTO
countries started. Issues of CSTO regulation prospects, cooperation
within the framework of the organization, world economic crisis and
integration processes in the CIS region are on the agenda of the
summit.
Translated by L.H.