May 31, 2005 - 10:20 AMT
SERGE SARGSYAN MET WITH RUSSIAN PRESIDENT ADMINISTRATION HEAD
Secretary of the National Security Council at the Armenian President, Defense Minister of Armenia Serge Sargsyan today met with head of the Administration of the Russian President Dmitri Medvedev, reported Press Secretary of the Defense Ministry of Armenia, colonel Seyran Shahsuvaryan. In the course of the meeting the parties specially emphasized that Russian President V. Putin's visit to Armenia stimulated more constructive solution of a number of problems. Speaking of the development of the Armenian-Russian economic relations, Serge Sargsyan noted that some 160 Armenian-Russian interstate, intergovernmental and interdepartmental agreements and treaties have effect today. The interlocutors also discussed the need of forming customs points in the question of the ferry transpiration that is vital to Armenia. Having noted the high level of defense cooperation, S. Sargsyan and D. Medvedev accentuated the importance of activation of the Armenian-Russian cultural and humanitarian ties.