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    TADIC ENDS ARMENIA VISIT

    B92
    http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics-ar ticle.php?yyyy=2009&mm=07&dd=29&nav_id =60797
    July 29 2009
    Serbia

    YEREVAN -- Serbia and Armenia agree that conflicts can be solved only
    through negotiations, said President Boris Tadic today as he wrapped
    up his visit to Armenia.

    On the second day of the trip, he met with Armenian Prime Minister
    Tigran Sargsyan. The two concluded that there was spirit of full
    agreement between the two countries that sustainable, compromise
    solutions for regional conflicts, in the Caucasus just as in the
    Balkans, can be found only through negotiations, without imposed
    solutions and use of force.

    "It is absolutely unacceptable to impose any solutions. We are in
    absolute agreement on that and I am satisfied because of that fact,"
    Tadic said.

    Members of his delegation also stated that the meeting heard there
    was great potential for improvement of cooperation between the two
    countries in the sectors of politics and economy.

    The Armenian government press service said in a statement this
    Wednesday that Tadic and Sargsyan considered issues of Armenian-Serbian
    relations and stressed especially the importance of strengthening
    the ties between the two governments, establishing mutual contacts
    and business relations.

    The statement also said that the meeting took place in a friendly
    atmosphere, and that the two top officials agreed that agriculture
    is the sector with most potential for bilateral cooperation.

    The government in Yerevan believes that the centuries-long friendship
    between Armenian and Serb people, and activation of cultural ties
    will provide a good basis for a boost and new quality to the bilateral
    relations.

    Tadic was also scheduled to travel to Etchmiadzin, the spiritual
    center of Armenia and the seat of the Armenian Apostolic Church,
    to meet with Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians His
    Holiness Garegin II.

    On the first day of his visit, the president and his Armenian
    counterpart Serzh Sargsyan agreed that regional conflicts, such as
    those in Kosovo and Nagorno Karabakh, must be resolved without the use
    of force and only by peaceful means in keeping with international law.

    Sargsyan told a press conference after the meeting that there is
    no universal solution for all conflicts and that each conflict has
    its history.

    There can be no just and stable solution to conflicts if this fact is
    not taken into account, he said, adding that a sustainable solution
    can be found only by peaceful means in keeping with international law.

    Tadic also noted that challenges Serbia and Armenia are facing require
    sustainable solutions.

    Serbia upholds the formula of peace talks Armenia is conducting in
    the Caucasus and Serbia in the Balkans as the only way of reaching
    sustainable and stable solutions, Tadic said, according to Armenian
    media.

    Armenia has not recognized the Kosovo Albanian unilateral declaration
    of independence.

    Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic said in Yerevan on Wednesday, after
    talks with Armenian counterpart Edward Nalbandian, that Serbia is
    interested in enhancing cooperation with Armenia in all areas.

    The official visit to Armenia by the Serbian president opens a new page
    in the bilateral relations and is evidence of Serbia's interestedness
    in strengthening and deepening cooperation with Armenia in all areas,
    JeremiÄ~G said, as carried by the Novosti Armenia news agency,
    quoting the Press Service of the Armenian Foreign Ministry.

    JeremiÄ~G and Nalbandian discussed an entire series of topics,
    including the holding of consultations between the two ministries,
    cooperation in international organizations, economic and cultural
    cooperation.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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