Working visit of President Serzh Sargsyan to Sochi

Today, President Serzh Sargsyan, who is in Sochi on a working visit, before the start of the regular session of the Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) met with the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko.

The parties discussed issues related to the cooperation in bilateral as well as in multilateral formats. They stressed that frequent high-level meetings, active cooperation among different agencies of the two countries considerably expand the agenda of interstate relations in all mutually beneficial areas.

The Presidents of Armenia and Belarus noted with satisfaction that part of the agreements reached during the official visit of the President of Belarus to Armenia, which took place several months ago, has already been called to life, while the other part is in the process of implementation.

At the meeting, the parties spoke about the prospects of developing cooperation between the two friendly states after Armenia becomes a member of the Customs Union. They also discussed Belarus’s assistance to Armenia on the issues pertinent to the membership to the CU.

In the strengthening of the Armenian-Belarus relations, the Presidents of the two countries stressed the important role of the Armenian community of Belarus.

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President Serzh Sargsyan today in Sochi participated at the session of the Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO)

Before that there took place a closed meeting of the leaders of the CSTO member states where President Serzh Sargsyan made a statement.

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Statement of President Serzh Sargsyan at the closed meeting of the leaders of CSTO Council