Before the horse race
The presidents of Armenia and Russia met today in Rostov-on-Don.
According to the Russian presidential press service, during the meeting the presidents discussed issues related to Armenian-Russian cooperation. Dmitri Medvedev introduced Serzh Sargsyan to the results of the Russia-EU congress.
According to the RA presidential press service, Russian President Dmitri Medvedev informed RA President Serzh Sargsyan about the results of several meetings with his European counterparts in the context of normalization of Turkish-Armenian relations.
Russian President Dmitri Medvedev also noted that the leaders of both countries must meet more often as strategic partners.
"As close partners and strategic allies, we must meet more often and apparently, we are doing just that. You recently participated in the celebrations dedicated to the 65th anniversary of Victory of our general state against the Fascists. I wish to express my gratitude to you for being with us on that day. That shows the level of closeness between our countries and the wish of further development of strategic relations," he said.
In his turn, Serzh Sargsyan attached importance to the working meetings and expressed gratitude for the invitation, which served as an opportunity to meet with representatives of the Armenian communities of South Federal region of Russia.
During the meeting, the sides reached an agreement on Russian President Dmitri Medvedev's visit to Armenia in August.
Let us remind that at the invitation of Dmitri Medvedev, Serzh Sargsyan left for Rostov-on-Don on a two-day working visit to attend the annual horse race for the Russian Presidential Cup.
