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    SERZH SARGSYAN PAYS TWO-DAY PRIVATE VISIT TO GEORGIA ON FEBRUARY 27-28

    Noyan Tapan
    March 1, 2010

    BATUM, MARCH 1, NOYAN TAPAN. RA President Serzh Sargsyan paid a two-day
    private visit to the Republic of Georgia at Georgian President Mikheil
    Saakashvili's invitation on February 27-28.

    On the first day of the visit S. Sargsyan met with his counterpart
    Mikheil Saakashvili in Batum. The two Presidents discussed issues
    related to expansion of Armenian-Georgian friendly relations and and
    economic partnership. The work done to open the Verin Lars check-point
    was touched upon.

    M. Saakashvili answering journalists' questions mentioned that his
    country is always happy with Armenia's progress and feels pain for
    its problems as Armenia does. "I think that such cloudless relations,
    such intimate cooperation is not only our merit, though our role
    is also important, first of all it is the merit of our peoples,"
    he emphasized and added: "Many people visit this town in summer,
    people are happy to host them. Many ethnic Armenians also live here,
    there is an Armenian church. All ethnic groups live in solidarity,
    and we are very proud of it and consider it our achievement."

    S. Sargsyan mentioned that he has much heard about Batum and seeing
    it has great impressions. He once more confirmed Armenian-Georgian
    excellent relations and expressed confidence that it will always
    be that way. "We have lived as brothers for thousand years and will
    continue living so."

    Then S. Sargsyan accompanied by the Georgian President walked about
    Batum, got acquainted with the work being done in the town and
    investment programs aimed at town's development.

    On the second day of the visit S. Sargsyan took part in the Sunday
    liturgy served in the Saint Saviour Armenian church of Batum, lit
    candles, then laid flowers to the memorial cross-stone in the church
    yard. In the church yard he also spoke with representatives of Ajaria's
    Armenian community.

    At the end of the visit the heads of the two states summed up the
    visit.

    M. Saakashvili expressed satisfaction with the informal meeting with
    the Armenian President in Batum and mentioned: "We have agreed to
    integrate our economies, to meet more often, to make more efforts
    to bring our peoples closer though those relations are very close
    as it is. Such meetings will be more intensive in the future for
    the sake of everything we do for our peoples. We are small countries
    and need one another. We depend on one another and should make that
    interdependence serve for doing good deeds."

    S. Sargsyan, in his turn, expressing satisfaction with the discussions
    held with his Georgian counterpart mentioned: "We should work closely,
    very seriously think of integration processes. I am convinced that
    this year will become turning for our relations though these relations
    have always been good. However we are not used to stand still but to
    move forward."

    S. Sargsyan finishing his two-day private visit to Georgia returned
    to Yerevan in the February 28 midday.
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