- Title: RUSSIA: Russian President Putin meets Armenian President Sarksyan
- Date: 12th March 2013
- Summary: NEAR MOSCOW, RUSSIA (MARCH 12, 2013) (REUTERS) ARMENIAN PRESIDENT SERZH SARKSYAN ENTERING CONFERENCE ROOM SARKSYAN SHAKING HANDS WITH RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN, SITTING AT CONFERENCE ROOM CAMERAMEN (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN, SAYING: "I would like to congratulate you once again with your convincing victory. Sixty percent, event more than sixty percent, is a very good result that speaks for people's trust and allows you to implement all the plans you set for yourself when you started the election campaign." PHOTOGRAPHER TAKING PICTURES (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) ARMENIAN PRESIDENT SERZH SARKSYAN, SAYING: "It is only natural that my first visit abroad is a visit to Moscow. Russia is our strategic partner, our ally, and I think that basically says it." CAMERAMEN FILMING CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS
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- Story Text: Russian President Vladimir Putin meets Armenian President Serzh Sarksyan in Moscow for the first time after his re-election on February 18.
Russian President Vladimir Putin met Armenian President Serzh Sarksyan in Moscow on Tuesday (March 12) for the first time after Sarksyan was re-elected on February 18.
During the news conference Putin congratulated Sarksyan on his re-election, saying that a result of more than 60 percent proved that the Armenian people trust him.
"I would like to congratulate you once again with your convincing victory. Sixty percent, even more than sixty percent, is a very good result that speaks for people's trust and allows you to implement all the plans you set for yourself when you started the election campaign," Putin said.
Sarksyan reminded that his visit to Russia was his first trip abroad, adding that Russia is a big ally and a strategic partner of Armenia.
"It is only natural that my first visit abroad is a visit to Moscow. Russia is our strategic partner, our ally, and I think that basically says it," Sarksyan said.
Sarksyan also invited Putin to visit Armenia.
Armenia, a country of 3.2 million people, hosts one of Russia's few foreign military bases and is part of a post-Soviet security alliance dominated by Moscow. It borders Iran, Georgia, Turkey and Azerbaijan. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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