President Sargsyan Meets Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister

PRESIDENT SARGSYAN MEETS RUSSIA’S DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER

armradio.am
05.02.2010 16:35

President Serzh Sargsyan received the First Deputy Prime Minister of
Russia, Russian National Coordinator on CIS Affairs Igor Shuvalov.

Russia has assumed CIS presidency this year.

President Sargsyan said the year 2009 was very effective from the
perspective of development of Armenian-Russian relations. "We have
registered progress in all spheres. We have started 2010 rather
intensively: I have already had two meetings with the President of
the Russian Federation, the Russian Foreign Minister visited Armenia
in January. We are optimistic and we think we should reinforce our
relations through consistent everyday work. "The First Deputy Prime
Minister of Russia also stressed the positive development of the
bilateral ties between Armenia and Russia.

During the meeting the parties discussed issues related to the
Armenian-Russian cooperation in both bilateral format and within
international organizations. Appreciating the level of bilateral
cooperation over the past two years, President Sargsyan expressed
confidence that consistent work would create additional opportunities
for deepening the ties in 2010.

Igor Shuvalov conveyed to President Sargsyan an invitation from Russian
President Dmitry Medvedev to participate in the festive events in
Moscow dedicated to the 65th anniversary of the Victory in the Great
Patriotic War.