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  11, 2009

  Statement by President Sargsyan for the Press during the state visit to Hungary Budapest Ladies and Gentlemen: I express my heartfelt gratitude to my colleague, President of the Republic of Hungary Lazslo Solyom, for hosting me in Hungary on a state visit. Mr. President, Your hospitality and state status of this visit underscored once again your determination to move the centuries-long Armenian-Hungarian friendship into the realm of interstate partnership. Armenia attaches great importance to the further development of the Armenian-Hungarian relations in...
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  10, 2009

  Interview of President Serzh Sargsyan to Artsakh Public TV Mr. President, considering the frequency and regularity of your visits, do you see any changes from visit to visit? What is your assessment of army’s combat readiness? Visits such as this one, are intended to follow the progress on the defense positions and in the army units, to follow the implementation of the current tasks or those that the army was assigned with during the previous visits. I do not believe it is possible to speak about the combat readiness of the troops, or...
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  10, 2009

  President Serzh Sargsyan responds to questions raised by journalists President Serzh Sargsyan responds to questions raised by journalists Before heading to Moscow for a working visit, in Zvartnots airport President Serzh Sargsyan answered the questions from the media. Mr. President, now when the protocols have already been signed, would it be accurate to state that your condition – to go to Turkey if borders are open – has been met? President Sargsyan: We don’t set conditions for anyone. On the contrary, we have been insisting that our...
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  10, 2009

  President Serzh Sargsyan answered questions posed by the editors of the Armenian Reporter President Serzh Sargsyan on October 1 answered questions posed by the editors of the Armenian Reporter. Armenian Reporter: Mr. President, there appear to be parallels between President Barack Obama and you in your approaches to longstanding, unresolved challenges facing the United States and Armenia respectively. In President Obama's case, he is choosing to deal simultaneously with the fiscal and economic crisis he inherited, while winding down the Iraq war, escalating the...
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  09, 2009

  Introductory remarks by the President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan at the joint briefing with the President of Croatia Ladies and Gentlemen: I express my heartfelt gratitude to the President of the Republic of Croatia, my dear colleague Mr. Stjepan Masic for hosting me here, in Croatia. Armenia attaches great importance to the necessity to deepen relations with Croatia and the Balkan states in general in all areas – political, economic, and cultural. The Armenian and Croatian peoples had similar destinies, the past full of hardships and today that fact can serve a strong base for friendship, mutual...
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  09, 2009

  President Sargsyan responds to the question raised by the correspondent of Regnum during the joint press conference with the President of Croatia It looks like with the pre-signing of the two Protocols the Armenian-Turkish political dialogue enters a new stage. What do you expect from it? My initiative on normalizing relations with Turkey was a step aimed at the normalization of relations between two neighboring states, relations that would be up to the 21st century. Currently, these documents are undergoing the process of internal discussions in our two countries. This is the first time that we present to our public an...