KOCHARYAN MET WITH PUTIN AND SAHAKASHVILI
On 23 February the President of RA Robert Kocharyan participated at the CIS country members’ non formal summit in Moscow. According to the press and public relations department of the president’s administration, president Kocharyan had a meeting with the president of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.
Vladimir Putin expressed his thankfulness to the president of the Armenian Republic and particularly mentioned that “due to his support and efforts Armenian-Russian relations were strengthened in economical and in political aspects in the past recent years”.
Robert Kocharyan also thanked for the warmest wishings and said “To evaluate the past years, we can accept that our relations were strengthened in all aspects. Those years were really effective for Armenia and for Russia as well.”
Robert Kocharyan met with the president of Georgia Mikhail Sahakashvili. Armenian and Georgian presidents discussed several economic items and made some arrangements that those issues should be discussed in detailed. It is planned that Lado Gurgenidze, the Prime Minister of Georgia should visit Armenia for improving those economic problems.