MEETINGS IN KYIV

meeting
07:33 pm | February 25, 2010

Official

Today President Serzh Sargsyan attended the official inauguration
ceremony of Ukraine’s president-elect Victor Yanukovich.

The delegation headed by President Sargsyan comprised leader
of the Prosperous Armenia Party Gagik Tsarukyan, Adviser to RA
President Andranik Manukyan and Armenian Ambassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary to Ukraine Armen Khachatryan.

Following the swearing-in ceremony President Sargsyan participated
in the official reception and dinner in honor of the heads of foreign
states and talked to his counterparts and other high-ranking officials.

At his residence in Kiev Serzh Sargsyan received US Assistant Secretary
of State Philip Gordon. Issues related to the process of normalization
of the Armenia-Turkey relations were discussed.

The President of Armenia once again presented the approaches of
official Yerevan towards the current stage of the process and noted
that "Armenia is committed to the principle of establishment of
relations with Turkey without preconditions." Philip Gordon reiterated
the US support for the process.

Highly appreciating the constructive position of the Republic of
Armenia in all stages of normalization, Gordon underlined that "the
ratification of the protocols in both parliaments without linking them
to other issues is important for reaching normalization of relations."