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RUSSIAN, ARMENIAN LEADERS SHOULD SETTLE SOME ISSUES TO BRING RELATIONS TO NEW LEVEL - SARGSYAN
Interfax, Russia
September 3, 2013 Tuesday 5:07 PM MSK
NOVO-OGARYOVO Moscow region. Sept 3
Russian and Armenian leaders should discuss a number of issues so as
to bring relations between the two countries to a new level, Armenian
President Serzh Sargsyan said.
Meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin outside Moscow on
Tuesday, Sargsyan said the relationship between the two countries is
"based on centuries-long traditions of friendship and brotherhood
between the peoples."
"I am sure that these relations will be developing in a spirit of
mutual understanding, according to the Friendship and Cooperation
Treaty. We value these relations and will do all we can to develop
them. This is an absolute priority to us," Sargsyan said.
At the same time, Russia and Armenia have some issues "that need
to be resolved so that our relations could be brought to a new and
higher level," he said.
"And this is what I have come to Moscow with," he said.
Putin said relations between the two countries are developing
intensively in all areas, which is facilitated by contacts at
different levels, including between the parliaments, governments and
businesses. "The result in this connection is positive: our trade
turnover has seen growth of more than 23%," Putin said.
Russia is Armenia's leading trade partner, and "this trend is
continuing," he said.
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From: Baghdasarian
Interfax, Russia
September 3, 2013 Tuesday 5:07 PM MSK
NOVO-OGARYOVO Moscow region. Sept 3
Russian and Armenian leaders should discuss a number of issues so as
to bring relations between the two countries to a new level, Armenian
President Serzh Sargsyan said.
Meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin outside Moscow on
Tuesday, Sargsyan said the relationship between the two countries is
"based on centuries-long traditions of friendship and brotherhood
between the peoples."
"I am sure that these relations will be developing in a spirit of
mutual understanding, according to the Friendship and Cooperation
Treaty. We value these relations and will do all we can to develop
them. This is an absolute priority to us," Sargsyan said.
At the same time, Russia and Armenia have some issues "that need
to be resolved so that our relations could be brought to a new and
higher level," he said.
"And this is what I have come to Moscow with," he said.
Putin said relations between the two countries are developing
intensively in all areas, which is facilitated by contacts at
different levels, including between the parliaments, governments and
businesses. "The result in this connection is positive: our trade
turnover has seen growth of more than 23%," Putin said.
Russia is Armenia's leading trade partner, and "this trend is
continuing," he said.
va mk
From: Baghdasarian