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ITAR-TASS, Russia
March 6, 2013 Wednesday 08:05 PM GMT+4
Armenian president's visit to Moscow to become his first foreign trip
after elections of Feb 18
YEREVAN March 6
- Armenian President Serzh Sargsian will pay a working visit to Russia
on March 11 to meet with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, the
press service of the Armenian head of state said on Wednesday.
This will be the first foreign trip of the Armenian president after
the presidential election, which occurred in the republic on February
18, the press service said.
The two heads of state "will discuss a wide range of items included in
the agenda of Russian-Armenian relations, including bilateral
cooperation in the political, trade, economic and humanitarian
spheres," the press service emphasised.
The two presidents are expected to consider development of integration
processes in the territory of the Commonwealth of Independent States
(CIS), the press service added.
"The Armenian-Russian strategic partnership of allies will continue
remaining the core of Armenian security. The partnership of the kind
proved its viability over 20 years of its history," Sargsian said at
the Armenian Defence Ministry's meeting back on January 15, 2013.
"With this in mind, we attach great importance to the role of the
Collective Security Treaty Organisation," the president noted. "While
making a weighty contribution to the establishment of this
organisation and leaving a certain share of our national security in
the trust of this system, we consider it [CSTO] as guarantor of our
country's security," Sargsian said.
The previous meeting of the Russian and Armenian leaders was held in
Moscow on December 19, 2012 upon the results of the CSTO and EurAsEC
summits, as well as the meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic
Council.
March 6, 2013 Wednesday 08:05 PM GMT+4
Armenian president's visit to Moscow to become his first foreign trip
after elections of Feb 18
YEREVAN March 6
- Armenian President Serzh Sargsian will pay a working visit to Russia
on March 11 to meet with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, the
press service of the Armenian head of state said on Wednesday.
This will be the first foreign trip of the Armenian president after
the presidential election, which occurred in the republic on February
18, the press service said.
The two heads of state "will discuss a wide range of items included in
the agenda of Russian-Armenian relations, including bilateral
cooperation in the political, trade, economic and humanitarian
spheres," the press service emphasised.
The two presidents are expected to consider development of integration
processes in the territory of the Commonwealth of Independent States
(CIS), the press service added.
"The Armenian-Russian strategic partnership of allies will continue
remaining the core of Armenian security. The partnership of the kind
proved its viability over 20 years of its history," Sargsian said at
the Armenian Defence Ministry's meeting back on January 15, 2013.
"With this in mind, we attach great importance to the role of the
Collective Security Treaty Organisation," the president noted. "While
making a weighty contribution to the establishment of this
organisation and leaving a certain share of our national security in
the trust of this system, we consider it [CSTO] as guarantor of our
country's security," Sargsian said.
The previous meeting of the Russian and Armenian leaders was held in
Moscow on December 19, 2012 upon the results of the CSTO and EurAsEC
summits, as well as the meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic
Council.