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    Public Television of Armenia , Armenia
    April 16 2009


    Armenian leader discusses ties with Russian, Turkish foreign ministers


    Another summit of the foreign ministers of the Black Sea Economic
    Cooperation Organization [BSEC] was held in Yerevan today. No document
    was signed between the Armenian and Turkish foreign ministers on the
    sidelines of the summit, contrary to expectations. Talks between the
    two countries are under way, and perhaps the time is still not ripe
    for the signing of a document.

    Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan received the Turkish foreign
    minister and the participants in the BSEC summit today. Armenia, which
    has chaired the organization since October 2008, handed the
    chairmanship of the organization to Azerbaijan in Yerevan. The
    Armenian president said that Armenia had organized a number of
    measures aimed at resolving problems existing in various spheres the
    organization deals with, including in the spheres of transport,
    communications, energy and medium-sized business. Sargsyan said that
    Armenia highly assesses the work of the organization and has done
    everything possible to increase its effectiveness during its
    chairmanship of the organization.

    [Passage omitted: the results of the Yerevan summit were summed up at
    the meeting]

    The Armenian president also noted that his country has always tried to
    establish normal relations with its neighbours. He added that any
    problems, including the most difficult ones, can be solved peacefully,
    through negotiations and discussions. The president described the
    formula of cooperation as peace for cooperation and cooperation for
    peace.

    Sargsyan also held a separate meeting with Russian Foreign Minister
    Sergey Lavrov today. Strategic partnership cooperation between the two
    countries, and the Armenian president's forthcoming visit to Moscow
    were discussed at the meeting. They also discussed regional and
    international problems at the meeting.

    Sargsyan also held a one-to-one meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister
    Ali Babacan today. They discussed normalizing relations between the
    two countries.
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