ARMENIAN PREMIER: RUSSIA INTERESTED IN STRONG ALLIED ARMENIA IN CAUCASUS
YEREVAN, February 4. /ARKA/. Russia is interested to see Armenia as
its strong ally in the Caucasus, Armenian premier Tigran Sargsyan
said in his interview to Moskovskiye Novosti.
Sargsyan mentioned that Russia has leading positions in terms of
investments in Armenia’s economy, “not to mention about the cooperation
in the military field”.
According to Sargsyan, today Armenia-Russia relationship is a
counteraction of allies that is firmly based on historically close
relations of the two countries
“The special feature of the relations is that we see no problems in
them. Issues occur from time to time and are solved bilaterally. What
is very important is that the hystorically-formed relations between
our peoples are valued and passed from one generation to the next.
That is why our relations are of comprehensive nature”, Sargsyan said.
Sargsyan said it is difficult to single out any priority or priorities
in the cooperation.
“However, recently the issues of security and our joint responsibility
for the future have been coming to the fore” Armenian premier said
adding that another priority is the format of economic cooperation
where Armenia may cooperate with Russia while having strong positions.
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From: Baghdasarian