RUSSIA’S MEDVEDEV INVITED TO VISIT ARMENIA

Panorama.am
21/04/2010

On April 20, the President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, who arrived
to Moscow on a short working visit, met with the President of the
Russian Federation Dmitri Medvedev. This is the third meeting of the
two leaders this year.

Welcoming his Armenian colleague, Dmitri Medvedev said, "We meet
today in the framework of our regular meetings with the Armenian side
to discuss the current situation, bilateral relations, regional and
international issues.

The very fact that we do it with enviable frequency and regularity
is very important for the preservation of the high level of trust
and mutual understanding present between our two countries, spirit
of a strategic partnership, which has always, and I hope will always,
distinguish the relations of our two countries."

President Sargsyan thanked for the invitation and noted that, "Since
our last meeting, our Foreign Ministries, other structures and the
intergovernmental commission have been working vigorously."

Serzh Sargsyan assessed the meeting with the President of the RF
as a good opportunity to discuss issues of the bilateral agenda,
regional security, the Armenian-Turkish normalization process, and
the NK peace process.

President Sargsyan congratulated President Medvedev on the opening
in Yerevan of an efficient science and innovation center, assessing
it as an important step.

Serzh Sargsyan also informed that the Armenian government is working
closely with the Embassy of the Russian Federation for the restoration
in our country of the monument dedicated to the Russian officers who
fell in the Armenian-Turkish war.

President Sargsyan once again thanked the President of Russia for
providing Armenia one year ago with a 500mln USD loan, underscoring
that the positive results of the loan have already become noticeable,
"in the first quarter of this year we registered 5.5 percent economic
growth."

The Presidents of Armenia and the Russian Federation discussed issues
of bilateral agenda and exchanged views on regional and international
developments.

Presidents Sargsyan and Medvedev agreed to continue dialogue on all
levels, including during the forthcoming visit of the President of
Russia to Armenia.