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  09, 2008

  Interview of President Serzh Sargsyan to the “Radical” Turkish daily The September 6 football match between the Armenian and Turkish national teams can be viewed as the most politicized sport event in our region. What expectations did you have politcswise when you invited President Gule to attend the game? My primary goal was the normalization of relations between our two countries. In the congratulatory message sent by President Gule on my election as President he spoke about the possibility of developing our relations. Later, Prime Minister Erdogan...
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  09, 2008

  President Serzh Sargsyan met with journalists /in Shirakamut village/ Mr. President, lately the President of Turkey made a number of comments regarding his visit to Armenia and his meeting with you. What would you say? I think the visit has already been evaluated by both Armenian and Turkish societies. All reviews prove that majority of people in both societies viewed the initiative and the visit of honorable Mr. Gul to Armenia positively. Our objective was to improve the tone, and I think we have succeeded. During the negotiations President Gul...
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  08, 2008

  Interview of President Serzh Sargsyan to the Austrian "Der Standart" daily “Make friends with Russia, don’t get too close to the West,” wasn’t this the lesson Moscow gave the South Caucasus countries by invading Georgia? If you take a look at Armenia’s history you’ll see that friendship with Russia has never been imposed. It is needless to say that the friends are not acquired by force, or kept by force. I will not speak for other countries but at least with Armenia Russia maintains very open, sincere and ensuing relations. Moreover, our strategic...
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  08, 2008

  Iinterview of President Serzh Sargsyan to the Xinhua Chinese news agency Mister President, please name your favorite sports. Also, what do you wish to the Olympic teams of Armenia and China? And what are your expectations of the Armenian Olympic team? Armenia is a sport loving country. Our small nation is famous in the world for the outstanding Armenian athletes and glorious pages of sport history. Though a country with a small population, Armenia has had quite a considerable impact on the history of world sport, and is present in the annals of the...
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  07, 2008

  Press Conference of President of RA Serge Sargsyan on the occasion of the 100th day of holding presidency During the 100 days of Your presidency quite serious reforms have been realized in the spheres of taxation and customs, as well as in the sphere of police patrol. Are You satisfied with the results? It is still too early to speak about the results and I am confident that what has taken place is the beginning of quite immense and hard work. We began with the fields which are of essential and vital importance for our people and which were in the list of priorities in my election...
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  07, 2008

  “The Wall Street Journal” published the article of the President Serzh Sargsyan The famous “The Wall Street Journal” published today the article of the President Serzh Sargsyan. WE ARE READY TO TALK TO TURKEY The problems of newly independent nations attempting to build a novel, democratic way of life did not end with the break-up of the Soviet Union. Armenia, a small country strategically located between Turkey, Russia, Iran and the energy-rich Caspian region, is a case in point. Postindependence Armenia's potential for peaceful development has not been...