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PUTIN HOPES FOR FURTHER COOPERATION WITH ARMENIA
Interfax News Agency
March 24 2008
Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin said he hopes for further cooperation
between Russia and Armenia after the change of leadership in both
countries.
Receiving Armenia's President-Elect Serzh Sargsyan in the Kremlin on
Monday, Putin congratulated him on his victory in the elections and
voiced hope for further development of relations.
"First, let me congratulate you on the election. I know that political
processes in Armenia are not simple but we hope that no matter how
these processes develop, all that has been achieved in bilateral
relations over the previous years will be preserved and multiplied,"
Putin said.
Sargsyan, for his part, thanked Putin for inviting him. Putin relayed
the invitation through Armenia's current President Robert Kocharyan
during his visit to Moscow on February 22.
"We have always felt your support, in campaigning too, for which I
am really grateful. Our president and our ambassador passed on to
me your letters and, honestly, never before have we felt such an
unambiguous approach," Sargsyan said.
"Let me too congratulate you on the success of the presidential
campaign [in Russia]. We know Dmitry Medvedev as your associate and
hope that our relations will continue after he takes office. We need
this and will work in this direction," Sargsyan said.
Interfax News Agency
March 24 2008
Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin said he hopes for further cooperation
between Russia and Armenia after the change of leadership in both
countries.
Receiving Armenia's President-Elect Serzh Sargsyan in the Kremlin on
Monday, Putin congratulated him on his victory in the elections and
voiced hope for further development of relations.
"First, let me congratulate you on the election. I know that political
processes in Armenia are not simple but we hope that no matter how
these processes develop, all that has been achieved in bilateral
relations over the previous years will be preserved and multiplied,"
Putin said.
Sargsyan, for his part, thanked Putin for inviting him. Putin relayed
the invitation through Armenia's current President Robert Kocharyan
during his visit to Moscow on February 22.
"We have always felt your support, in campaigning too, for which I
am really grateful. Our president and our ambassador passed on to
me your letters and, honestly, never before have we felt such an
unambiguous approach," Sargsyan said.
"Let me too congratulate you on the success of the presidential
campaign [in Russia]. We know Dmitry Medvedev as your associate and
hope that our relations will continue after he takes office. We need
this and will work in this direction," Sargsyan said.