September 27, 2007 - 15:02 AMT
RA Prime Minister Serge Sargsyan meets Russian public figures
During his first formal visit to Russia as a Prime Minister of Armenia, Serge Sargsyan met with the leaders of the Russian Association of Friendship and Cooperation with Armenia (RAFCA).

The RAFCA press office reported that the Armenian Prime Minister marked out the importance of cooperation for strengthening friendly ties and gave a high estimation to the events held in the framework of the Year of the Russian Language.

Serge Sargsyan endorsed the idea of erecting a monument to Russian-Armenian friendship and implementing a number of joint projects.

Nerses Yeritsyan, the Minister of Trade and Economic Development, Mikael Harutyunyan, the Minister of Defense and Armen Smbatyan, the RA Ambassador to Russia, were also present at the meeting.