PRESIDENT SERZH SARGSYAN MEETS WITH PRIME MINISTER OF RUSSIA, TURKEY AND PRESIDENT OF SWISS CONFEDERATION

ARMENPRESS
Jan 30, 2009

YEREVAN, JANUARY 30, ARMENPRESS: President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan on
January 29 met in Davos with Prime Minister of the Russian Federation
Vladimir Putin.

Presidential press service told Armenpress that the head of the
country and head of the Russian government registered the high level of
strategic relations and political dialogue between the two countries
and noted that frequent meetings and contacts give opportunity to
highly preserve the dynamics of development of cooperation.

The sides summed up the positive tendencies registered in 2008 in
economic partnership sphere, expressing hope that the annual trade
turnover between the two countries which exceeds 1 billion USD
gives good basis for further success. During the meeting the sides
also referred to a wide range of issues of the agenda of bilateral
relations.

On the same day Armenian president met with the Turkish Prime Minister
Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The sides underscored the turning point
registered in the process of regulation of relations between the
two countries after the September 6, 2008 meeting of the president
of Armenia and Turkey which had its continuation with the further
meetings of the foreign ministers of the two countries.

President Serzh Sargsyan and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan
positively assessed the results of their first meeting and assigned
the foreign ministers of the two counties to exert additional efforts
for the regulation of relations.

On January 29 Serzh Sargsyan also met with the President of Swiss
Confederation Hans Rudolph Merz. The presidents of the two countries
pointed out the high level of bilateral relations between the two
countries as well as cooperation within the frameworks of international
organizations.

Serzh Sargsyan expressed gratitude for the support of the Swiss
government to Armenia and pointed out the balanced position of
Switzerland in different international organizations over the issues
referring to Armenia. During the meeting the two presidents also
referred to the world financial-economic crisis and the regulation
of issues existing in the region.