Russian, Armenian presidents met

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan have today discussed the bilateral relations and regional issues, RIA Novosti reported.

"We have a good tradition of the winter meetings here in Sochi, in the mountains," the Russian president said while opening the conversation. "I see a series of kind symbols."

Medvedev recalled that last year finished well from the point of view of the turnover," he said. "The business contacts between the two countries develop. Business permeates through our relations."

Besides the bilateral relations, he proposed to discuss the regional issues. "There are a number of difficult challenges, including those in the region."

Moreover, the leaders will discuss the course of the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement later with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan called these meetings "very useful". "Thank you for the efforts you make to solve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict," he told Medvedev. "These meetings and the time that you find for this work allow having more or less controlled situation."

Sargsyan also stressed that the meeting gives a good opportunity to discuss bilateral affairs, which are also positively developing. "Thank you for your readiness to discuss big projects," Armenian President said.

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev will visit Sochi at the invitation of the Russian leader.

Azerbaijani and Armenian Presidents voiced their desire to meet again to negotiate a peaceful settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in early December 2011, the OSCE official website as a result of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Vilnius said.


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