Karen Karapetyan and Dmitry Medvedev have met: details on the meeting

By the invitation of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Armenia’s Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan arrived in Moscow on a two-day official visit on January 24.

The Russian and Armenian PMs held a private talk which was followed by a meeting in an extended form with the participation of official delegations of the two states.

In his welcoming speech, Dmitry Medvedev said:

“Dear Mr. Karapetyan, I cordially welcome You. This is Your first official visit to our country. We have special allied relations with Armenia, and there are always issues to discuss. It is important to state that a number of documents were prepared on the occasion of Your visit that relate to the development of our cooperation. I hope they will contribute to the development of economic ties and intensification of human contacts.

In his turn, Armenia’s PM said:

“Dear Mr. Medvedev,

First of all, I want to thank for the invitation to visit Moscow and the reception showed to our delegation. Taking this opportunity, I want to congratulate You on Your appointment as President of the “United Russia” party and wish you success.

Today’s meeting is a good opportunity to discuss the relevant directions of the Armenian-Russian cooperation, and I want to assure You that our delegation came with a very positive and practical intention.

Traditionally, our agenda of Armenian-Russian relations is very full. In recent years in the conditions of non-ordinary global environment our Governments managed to move forward. You know that the Russian capital is widely represented in Armenia’s economy. Nevertheless, I think, it is not enough, and today we can discuss the ways on intensifying and giving new impetus [to our cooperation]. Today a number of reforms are carried out in Armenia aimed at providing the investors with a favorable environment, and we will highly welcome the involvement of the Russian capital. In this context, today we came with a number of new proposals which will allow to diversify and expand the fields of our cooperation. I am also convinced that there is going to be a constructive talk. Once again thank you for the invitation.”

A wide range of issues important for Armenia and Russia will be discussed, as well as a number of documents will be signed in the meeting.