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BEGINNING OF MEETING WITH PRESIDENT OF ARMENIA SERZH SARGSYAN
States News Service
June 5, 2009 Friday
The following information was released by the office of the President
of Russia:
PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA DMITRY MEDVEDEV: Mr President, I would like to
warmly welcome you to St Petersburg. I am very happy that you have
come here to discuss the problems we are facing and the development
of our bilateral relations. I hope that tomorrow we will also have
the opportunity to participate in the [St Petersburg International
Economic] Forum and discuss current issues of international politics
and international economy.
Life is hard right now, and in order for us to overcome our
difficulties, we need to meet often, which is what we have been
doing. We have had many meetings recently, and I feel this is good for
the development of Russian-Armenian cooperation and the development
of our personal relations. It helps us to find targeted solutions to
specific problems. I hope that today's meeting will also help us to
move forward on a number of issues.
As usual, we have a wide-ranging agenda. We will talk about the
economic matters, our joint projects, humanitarian cooperation, and
regional issues; we will discuss all the most important and sensitive
topics. Overall, though, we have a special partner relationship,
which we will continue to develop in the future.
PRESIDENT OF ARMENIA SERZH SARGSYAN: Thank you, Mr President. Thank
you for your invitation to the St Petersburg International Economic
Forum. This Forum is particularly important in the current setting
of the global financial and economic crisis.
I would like to thank you for granting Armenia a loan of 500 million
dollars, which will help us in overcoming the negative effects of
the crisis.
Following our last meeting, we worked with our Russian colleagues on
implementing the agreements that we made. We worked diligently on
resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh problems, maintaining contacts with
the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs. We are dedicated in our search for
ways to allow the people of Nagorno-Karabakh to live safely in their
native land and be in charge of their own destinies.
In a few days, a session of the CSTO [Collective Security Treaty
Organisation] will be held in Moscow where we will take further steps
to set up a collective force, including a rapid reaction force. You
know how much we value our CSTO alliance, and we are determined
to improve our cooperation within this organisation at political,
military, and military technical levels. This is something we are
focused on.
My spouse and I fondly recall Ms Medvedeva's visit [to Yerevan on May
5, 2009]. I am very happy that our spouses succeeded in assisting the
new staging in Armenia of the ballet [Spartacus] by Aram Khachaturian,
the staging which is the work of the great Russian choreographer
Yury Grigorovich. I think this marks a further step in expanding our
humanitarian cooperation. We are determined to move forward in this
area, too.
Thank you for your invitation. I am happy to discuss our wide-ranging
agenda with you.
DMITRY MEDVEDEV: Thank you. Let's begin addressing these issues.
States News Service
June 5, 2009 Friday
The following information was released by the office of the President
of Russia:
PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA DMITRY MEDVEDEV: Mr President, I would like to
warmly welcome you to St Petersburg. I am very happy that you have
come here to discuss the problems we are facing and the development
of our bilateral relations. I hope that tomorrow we will also have
the opportunity to participate in the [St Petersburg International
Economic] Forum and discuss current issues of international politics
and international economy.
Life is hard right now, and in order for us to overcome our
difficulties, we need to meet often, which is what we have been
doing. We have had many meetings recently, and I feel this is good for
the development of Russian-Armenian cooperation and the development
of our personal relations. It helps us to find targeted solutions to
specific problems. I hope that today's meeting will also help us to
move forward on a number of issues.
As usual, we have a wide-ranging agenda. We will talk about the
economic matters, our joint projects, humanitarian cooperation, and
regional issues; we will discuss all the most important and sensitive
topics. Overall, though, we have a special partner relationship,
which we will continue to develop in the future.
PRESIDENT OF ARMENIA SERZH SARGSYAN: Thank you, Mr President. Thank
you for your invitation to the St Petersburg International Economic
Forum. This Forum is particularly important in the current setting
of the global financial and economic crisis.
I would like to thank you for granting Armenia a loan of 500 million
dollars, which will help us in overcoming the negative effects of
the crisis.
Following our last meeting, we worked with our Russian colleagues on
implementing the agreements that we made. We worked diligently on
resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh problems, maintaining contacts with
the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs. We are dedicated in our search for
ways to allow the people of Nagorno-Karabakh to live safely in their
native land and be in charge of their own destinies.
In a few days, a session of the CSTO [Collective Security Treaty
Organisation] will be held in Moscow where we will take further steps
to set up a collective force, including a rapid reaction force. You
know how much we value our CSTO alliance, and we are determined
to improve our cooperation within this organisation at political,
military, and military technical levels. This is something we are
focused on.
My spouse and I fondly recall Ms Medvedeva's visit [to Yerevan on May
5, 2009]. I am very happy that our spouses succeeded in assisting the
new staging in Armenia of the ballet [Spartacus] by Aram Khachaturian,
the staging which is the work of the great Russian choreographer
Yury Grigorovich. I think this marks a further step in expanding our
humanitarian cooperation. We are determined to move forward in this
area, too.
Thank you for your invitation. I am happy to discuss our wide-ranging
agenda with you.
DMITRY MEDVEDEV: Thank you. Let's begin addressing these issues.