“It refers to the agreements, reached during the meetings in Vienna and St. Petersburg, i.e. the president clearly stated that it refers unlimited trilateral ceasefire agreements of 1994-95, creation of the mechanisms for the investigation of the incidents, and expansion of the missions of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office,” Ashot Hovakimyan, RA Deputy Foreign Minister, told at today’s briefing.
The delegation of the Armenian government headed by Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan has left for Russia to participate in the meeting of Eurasian Union’s Intergovernmental Council in Sochi to be held in the period of August 11-12.
“Actually, I think that both Armenia and Azerbaijan really want to find a way out from this situation to leave in peace and accord, to cooperate, to develop their economies. Armenia too is interested in the elimination of all restrictions – infrastructural, economic, so that the economy develops and people finally live well and so that the Armenian statehood becomes stronger. In the process of settlement this is our goal, our aspiration. The goal is to reach such results.”
“We are very proud that the RF sportsmen of the Armenian descent have registered excellent results. Several months ago in Yerevan was opened a figure skating school after the world legend Irina Rodnina. I am confident that joint victories and achievements in sports reflect reciprocal sentiments of our two peoples. As the saying goes “There is healthy mind in a healthy body”.
The meeting, Mr. Erdogan’s first trip abroad since the Turkish coup attempt last month, signals his willingness to look to Moscow, traditionally the counterweight to Western influence in the Middle East. But Western leaders say Turkey, which is crucial to operations against Islamic State and has the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s second-largest army, will remain a firm ally of the West.
Armenia is Russia’s strategic partner in the Trans-Caucasus region, and we work consistently to develop our alliance in all, even the most sensitive areas, and on the international stage, in particular in the CIS region, where we work together in the CSTO and now in the Eurasian Union too.
During the meeting with RA president Serzh Sargsyan in Moscow RF president Vladimir Putin also reflected to seizure of the Police precinct by “Sasna Tsrer” group. In his words, hostage-taking, recorded in Armenia recently, is an unacceptable experience to solve political issues.
On 8-10 August 2016, Russian president Vladimir Putin will hold a series of meetings with the leaders of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran and Turkey, which are probably aimed at asserting Russian interests around the 28-year dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
“Vladimir Vladimirovich, I would like to personally express my gratitude to You for the efforts that Russia makes on the political-diplomatic settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. Of course, it is very important the agreements to be implemented. We are ready for that,” the Armenian President said.
“Armenia for us is a strategic partner in the Caucasus and we systematically build our relations of alliance along the most sensitive lines and in the international scene, the CIS space first and foremost,” Putin said during narrow format negotiations with his Armenian counterpart Serzh Sargsyan on August 10.
