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Meetings in Kyiv

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Today President Serzh Sargsyan attended the official inauguration ceremony of Ukraine's president-elect Victor Yanukovich.

The delegation headed by President Sargsyan comprised leader of the Prosperous Armenia Party Gagik Tsarukyan, Adviser to RA President Andranik Manukyan and Armenian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Ukraine Armen Khachatryan.

Following the swearing-in ceremony President Sargsyan participated in the official reception and dinner in honor of the heads of foreign states and talked to his counterparts and other high-ranking officials.

At his residence in Kiev Serzh Sargsyan received US Assistant Secretary of State Philip Gordon. Issues related to the process of normalization of the Armenia-Turkey relations were discussed.

The President of Armenia once again presented the approaches of official Yerevan towards the current stage of the process and noted that "Armenia is committed to the principle of establishment of relations with Turkey without preconditions." Philip Gordon reiterated the US support for the process.

Highly appreciating the constructive position of the Republic of Armenia in all stages of normalization, Gordon underlined that "the ratification of the protocols in both parliaments without linking them to other issues is important for reaching normalization of relations."