Republican Party of Armenia

Today, at the Constantinovski Palace in Saint Petersburg there took place a meeting of the President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan and President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.

Presidents of the two strategic partner states discussed issues pertinent to the negotiation on the settlement of NK conflict and in that context referred to the regional developments and current challenges which threat security.

The Presidents exchanged views on the implementation of the agreements reached in Vienna at the meeting which was initiated by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs.

“Distinguished President Sargsyan,
Esteemed Friends,

Allow me to welcome you to Petersburg. A little while ago, we together with President Sargsyan have had a rather substantial conversation on a number of issues. At the beginning of our meeting in the extended format, I would like to say that we are registering an increase in our turnover despite all difficulties present in our and international economies.

Supplies of the Armenian agricultural products to the Russian market have practically increased manyfold, which is very pleasing for us. I hope that in general this tendency will become stronger with regard to both the increase of the turnover and a group of goods which are sensitive for us. It should be noted that within the framework of the integration processes our relations develop even more dynamically than they used to on the bilateral base which is also very pleasing for us. There is an opportunity and need to speak about our future actions. Currently, Armenia is presiding over at the CSTO, and in the fall there will be a high level meeting. We will come back to this issue in October as well. We are very glad to see you. Thank you for accepting the invitation,” said the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.

The President of Armenia thanked the President of Russia for the initiative of convening such a meeting at Saint Petersburg where an economic forum concluded just yesterday and which according to President Sargsyan has become an important platform for the discussion of important global economic issues. The President of Armenia expressed confidence that this significant event was closely watched in all countries of the Eurasian Economic Union.

“Mr. President, since this meeting is mostly about Karabakh, I will not touch upon the issue of our bilateral agenda. Ties are becoming stronger on every direction; actually there are no problems here.

Our position regarding Karabakh is well known: We want the issue to be solved through the exclusively peaceful means. I would like to thank you, other leaders of the Co-Chair countries of the OSCE Minsk Group for the attention and efforts which are being made for the resolution of this issue. Regrettably, conflicts like this one cannot be solved through the desire of one party only, and we will certainly be very glad if we are able to move forward towards the implementation of the agreements reached in Vienna, and I mean the creation of the mechanisms for the monitoring of the ceasefire regime violations. It will create a work mood for negotiations.Thank you,” said the President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan.