The President of the Republic Vahagn Khachaturyan, who is in St. Petersburg on a working visit, met with the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.
The Armenian President stated: “I have been in St. Petersburg long ago. I was visiting here in Soviet years, it was from the 1980s to 1992. This is an occasion to see how the city has changed and as a former Mayor of Yerevan I can state that the city really looks very good, is so clean and beautiful.
As for the St. Petersburg Forum, I am participating for the first time, but as an economist I have always followed and highly valued it because many interesting and important discussions are being held in terms of economics. Thank you for the invitation.
The Armenian people appreciate your efforts aimed at the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. I can state that your efforts made for stopping the war are appreciated not only by myself personally, but also I know that they are appreciated by the people of Armenia. The end of war was very important. The observation of agreements reached is also very important for us.
I consider it unnecessary to mention our historical friendship because when the relations are brotherly there is no need to say that you are a good brother or a bad brother. The brotherly relations are such, the essence and philosophy are such, it is everything, it is trust, honesty, joint programs and actions which should continue being implemented. This is my position as a citizen, as an individual and as a President, this approach, of course, helps me.
I am sure that our relations will continue in the future as well and we should support it.”
The meeting also touched upon a broad range of issues on the Armenian-Russian agenda.