ARMENIA TO TAKE EVERY POSSIBLE STEP TO DEEPEN RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA
/ARKA/
September 2, 2009
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, September 2, /ARKA/. President Serzh Sargsyan said Tuesday
Armenia will continue to take every possible step to deepen and
strengthen its diversified relations with Russia.
Addressing an annual gathering of top Armenian diplomats and
ambassadors in Yerevan the president paid special heed to ‘multilateral
and large-scale cooperation between Armenia and its strategic ally
Russia,’ the presidential press office said in a statement.
"We took and will continue to take every possible step to deepen and
reinforce our relations with Russia in all areas. Several meetings on
the level of presidents have already taken place, including reciprocal
official visits to Armenia and Russia,’ the president said.
Serzh Sargsyan said he began visits to Russian provinces with strong
Armenian communities.
"I am sure that our work with Russian provincial authorities has a
big potential both in terms of stimulating Russian-Armenian economic
relations and in terms of inspiring Russian Armenians and helping
them to strengthen their ties with their homeland country,’ Serzh
Sargsyan said.
The president reminded that Russia moved to extend to Armenia a
$500 million stabilization loan to help the government in Yerevan
to mitigate the fallout from the deepening economic and financial
crisis.