According to the NATO chief, he held a meeting in the evening of September 18 with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who told him about the negotiations with France and Italy for acquiring the SAMP/T air defense systems.
An unknown border-trespasser has been arrested by Russian border guards in the Artashat border detachment’s territory, near Yeghegnavan village, Armenia.
He stated that the Armenian authorities understand very well what challenges the country faces. “We first of all act from our interests and goals by using diplomatic means and tricks”, he said.
Armenian foreign minister Edward Nalbandian, who is among President Serzh Sargsyan’s delegation in New York, met with foreign minister of Canada Chrystia Freeland on September 19.
Armenia has never made the recognition of the Armenian Genocide a precondition for the normalization of the bilateral relations with Turkey, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said in his speech in the 72nd UN General Assembly in New York.
The ministers discussed the implementation process of agreements reached between the leaders of the two countries. They noted with satisfaction that in the recent period the high level mutual visits gave new impetus to the bilateral relations, as well as boosted the commercial ties. In this context the two officials discussed the preparation works of the upcoming visits.
Rescue crews and ordinary citizens searched through rubble for survivors as night fell on Tuesday on battered cities in central Mexico, including the capital, where the death toll from a major earthquake grew to at least 226, Reuters reports.
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan participated in US President Donald Trump’s reception in New York in honor of the delegations taking part in the 72nd UN General Assembly.
A meeting between Edward Nalbandian and Azerbaijani FM Elmar Mammadyarov is also planned.
During the meeting President Sargsyan once again congratulated the UN chief and wished success in this high and responsible mission. Serzh Sargsyan and António Guterres remembered with warm Mr. Guterres’ visit to Armenia as a UN High Commissioner for Refugees and the productive dialogue held within the frames of the visit.
