RUSSIAN PRIME MINISTER: SERZH SARGSYAN IS PROPONENT OF ARMENIAN-RUSSIAN RELATIONS’ FURTHER DEVELOPMENT
Regnum, Russia
April 6 2007
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov congratulated Serzh Sargsyan
on his appointment as Armenian Prime Minister.
As REGNUM is told at the Armenian government press office,
Mikhail Fradkov noted in his letter that the newly appointed Prime
Minister Serzh Sargsyan is a proponent of further development of the
Armenian-Russian relations. "We hope that your effective activity aimed
at development of the Russian-Armenian relations will be continued
on the post of the Armenian prime minister," the letter says.
On the case of appointing Serzh Sargsyan as prime minister, he
was congratulated by British Prime Minister Tony Blair, European
Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso. "The European Commission
expects continuation of the harmonic partnership with Armenia. It is
still a big challenge in the foreign policy to continue effort for
peaceful Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement, and the Commission is
ready to assist Armenia and the OSCE MG in this issue," a letter from
Jose Manuel Barroso says.