ARMENIAN PRESIDENT MEETS WITH OSCE CHAIRMAN-IN-OFFICE

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Feb 16 2010
Armenia

RA President Serzh Sargsyan held a meeting with OSCE
Chairman-in-Office, Kazakhs Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev.

The RA presidential press service informed NEWS.am the Armenian
leader welcomed Kazakhstan as OSCE Chairing State. President Sargsyan
expressed his satisfaction with the present level of Armenian-Kazakh
relations and with the bilateral political dialogue.

The Armenian President informed Minister Saudabayev that of the
Armenian side’s position on the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process. He
stressed that both Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh are interested in
settling the conflict. President Sargsyan pointed out that a solution
to the conflict is supposed to eliminate both cause and consequences
of the problem.

Minister Saudabayev pointed out that Kazakhstan will do its best to
help the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairmen settle the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict. An important step on this way is drawing off the snipers
from the contact line, and the OSCE will do its best, Saudabayev said.

The sides also discussed regional security problems, Armenia-Turkey
reconciliation and OSCE’s other priority tasks.