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    DMITRY MEDVEDEV MET WITH PRESIDENT OF ARMENIA SERZH SARGSYAN

    RIA Oreanda
    Economic News
    September 2, 2008 Tuesday
    Russia

    Sochi. ">OREANDA-NEWS . September 2, 2008. They discussed the situation
    surrounding South Ossetia and Abkhazia and questions relating to
    their bilateral economic cooperation.

    PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA DMITRY MEDVEDEV: Dear Serzh Azatovich!

    I am glad to see you. We meet regularly. The last time we talked in
    detail was during your visit to Moscow. The visit was informative
    and, in my opinion, our dialogue continues to evolve. You know its
    results. There is nevertheless even more potential for growth. I
    think that we will also talk about economic problems.

    But I will not hide the fact that I would like to exchange opinions on
    international issues and foreign policy. In just a few days the CSTO
    (Collective Security Treaty Organisation) summit will begin. Armenia
    will assume the presidency. I think that we can reflect on how to
    organise our work and share our thoughts in this regard. Especially
    since we have not seen each other since Georgia committed an aggression
    against South Ossetia. Let's talk about these difficult issues. I am
    glad to see you.

    PRESIDENT OF ARMENIA SERZH SARGSYAN: Thank you Dmitry
    Anatolyevich. These working meetings in Sochi between the presidents of
    Russia and Armenia have become a very good tradition. They represent a
    very good opportunity to calmly discuss both our bilateral relations
    as well as our relations in multilateral formats. So I really am
    happy. All the more so since, as you just mentioned, in these coming
    days Armenia will assume the presidency of the CSTO.

    By the way, we have recently held Rubezh-2008, the CSTO joint command
    and staff exercises, a meeting of the Council of Ministers of the
    CSTO, and tomorrow in Yerevan a meeting of the CSTO Security Council
    Secretaries will take place. I am therefore glad that we are meeting
    today.

    Of course I would also like to discuss economic issues, further
    strengthening and deepening our relations within the CSTO and, of
    course, the situation that has developed in our region of the Caucasus.

    This really is our first meeting after the events in South Ossetia,
    Abkhazia and Georgia. We talked about this over the phone. I would
    like to once again express my condolences with regards to the deaths
    of many people Russian citizens, peacekeepers my regret that the
    events developed the way they did, and wishes that the consequences
    of this humanitarian catastrophe can be eliminated as quickly as
    possible. Incidentally, in Armenia we have already been waiting for
    schoolchildren from South Ossetia for two weeks now. We have prepared
    educational laboratories in physics, chemistry and biology. We want
    to do everything we can to help mitigate these consequences.

    DMITRY MEDVEDEV: Thank you very much, Serzh Azatovich, for this
    humanitarian support. As for the rest, including the consequences of
    what happened, and bearing in mind our work in the CSTO, we will now
    talk about this tentatively with you, but the final position of the
    CSTO member states will be developed during the forthcoming summit
    in Moscow.
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