READOUT OF THE PRESIDENT’S BILATERAL MEETING WITH PRESIDENT SERZH SARGSIAN OF ARMENIA

White House Documents and Publications
April 12, 2010

THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 12, 2010

Readout of the President’s bilateral meeting with President Serzh
Sargsian of Armenia

President Obama met with Armenian President Sargsian on the margins
of the Nuclear Security Summit earlier today.

The President commended President Sargsian for his courageous efforts
to achieve normalization of relations between Armenia and Turkey and
encouraged him to fulfill the promise of normalization for the benefit
of the Armenian people. President Obama also urged that both Armenia
and Turkey make every effort to advance the normalization process
and achieve legislative ratification of the protocols of normalization.

President Obama also expressed his support for Armenian democracy.