Public Television of Armenia , Armenia
April 16 2009
Armenian leader discusses ties with Russian, Turkish foreign ministers
Another summit of the foreign ministers of the Black Sea Economic
Cooperation Organization [BSEC] was held in Yerevan today. No document
was signed between the Armenian and Turkish foreign ministers on the
sidelines of the summit, contrary to expectations. Talks between the
two countries are under way, and perhaps the time is still not ripe
for the signing of a document.
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan received the Turkish foreign
minister and the participants in the BSEC summit today. Armenia, which
has chaired the organization since October 2008, handed the
chairmanship of the organization to Azerbaijan in Yerevan. The
Armenian president said that Armenia had organized a number of
measures aimed at resolving problems existing in various spheres the
organization deals with, including in the spheres of transport,
communications, energy and medium-sized business. Sargsyan said that
Armenia highly assesses the work of the organization and has done
everything possible to increase its effectiveness during its
chairmanship of the organization.
[Passage omitted: the results of the Yerevan summit were summed up at
the meeting]
The Armenian president also noted that his country has always tried to
establish normal relations with its neighbours. He added that any
problems, including the most difficult ones, can be solved peacefully,
through negotiations and discussions. The president described the
formula of cooperation as peace for cooperation and cooperation for
peace.
Sargsyan also held a separate meeting with Russian Foreign Minister
Sergey Lavrov today. Strategic partnership cooperation between the two
countries, and the Armenian president’s forthcoming visit to Moscow
were discussed at the meeting. They also discussed regional and
international problems at the meeting.
Sargsyan also held a one-to-one meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister
Ali Babacan today. They discussed normalizing relations between the
two countries.