On Behalf of Turkmenistan’s President Official Reception Was Held in Honor of President Serzh Sargsyan

This evening, on behalf of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow an official reception was held in honor of President Serzh Sargsyan having arrived in Turkmenistan on an official visit.

In their reciprocal toasts, Presidents Serzh Sargsyan and Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow touched upon the centuries-old friendship of the Armenian and Turkmen peoples and their historical past, the present high level of the two countries’ relations and the continual advancement of those relations, as well as upon the opportunities of promoting mutually beneficial cooperation.

In his address, the President of Armenia thanked President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow for the genuine words addressed to the Armenian-Turkmen relations and the Armenian people. Speaking about the two peoples’ historically shaped relations, Serzh Sargsyan noted that they had a century-old history – the first Armenian-Turkmen contacts go back to 13-15th centuries. The President was sure that the historical past testified to the two peoples’ reciprocal respect and their intense relations based on the readiness to support each other in difficult situations. In that context, Serzh Sargsyan remembered with gratitude the friendly Turkmen people’s compassionate and hospitable attitude toward our compatriots caught in difficult situations who had reached former Krasnovodsk on ferry-boats as refugees seeking asylum during the tragic events taken place both in the beginning and at the end of the 20th century.

The president appreciated the Armenians of Turkmenistan who had huge successes in different spheres by stressing that they always contributed to Turkmenistan’s development and prosperity with readiness and honest desire. Enumerating a number of names, the president noted that there were a lot of such names and examples in the history of the Armenian-Turkmen friendly relations. Serzh Sargsyan stressed the importance of preserving and promoting the relations of such kind at which the RA President’s official visit was also targeted.

President Serzh Sargsyan raised a toast for the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, the further reinforcement of the friendship and cooperation between Armenia and Turkmenistan, as well as for the peace and well-being of the two countries’ peoples.