Serbian, Armenian presidents meet in Belgrade

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan began his official visit to Serbia on Monday by conferring with Serbian President Boris Tadic. Sargsyan will also hold a meeting with Serbian Parliament Speaker Slavica Djukic-Dejanovic. Serbian, Armenian presidents meet in Belgrade Sargsyan was welcomed by Tadc in front of the Palace of Serbia with highest state honors, after which they began a meeting behind closed doors. In their statements after the meeting, Sargsyan and Tadic said that the two peoples have a centuries-long tradition of cooperation, adding that the political cooperation between the two countries should be crowned with a stronger economic and political cooperation. Tadic said that the two countries should sign numerous economic agreements, so that their economic cooperation would reach a very high level of their political cooperation. Taking into account that both countries are located in the regions characterized by turbulent pasts, Tadic and Sargsyan agreed that the issues concerning Nagorno-Karabakh and Kosovo should be resolved only by peaceful means and through talks. "The preservation of peace and stability is very important for our citizens and the respective regions that our countries are parts of, which for centuries have been hit by destruction and ethnic cleansing, and that must change," Tadic underscored. The Armenian delegation also includes Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and Culture Minister Hasmik Poghosyan, who held a meeting with their Serbian counterparts, Vuk Jeremic and Predrag Markovic respectively. Several bilateral agreements will be signed during the visit of Armenia's state delegation to Serbia. The Serbian president paid a visit to Yerevan in July 2009 when he agreed with the Armenian president that regional conflicts such as Kosovo and Metohija and Nagorno-Karabakh have to be resolved without the use of force, but rather by means of talks and in keeping with the principles and norms of international law. On the occasion, the two presidents reached an agreement on promotion of bilateral cooperation between the two countries, particularly the economic one. The official Yerevan has not recognized the Kosovo Albanian unilateral declaration of independence made in early 2008. Sargsyan and Tadic in Belgrade on Monday (Tanjug)

Serbian, Armenian presidents meet in Belgrade

Sargsyan was welcomed by Tadć in front of the Palace of Serbia with highest state honors, after which they began a meeting behind closed doors.

In their statements after the meeting, Sargsyan and Tadić said that the two peoples have a centuries-long tradition of cooperation, adding that the political cooperation between the two countries should be crowned with a stronger economic and political cooperation.

Tadić said that the two countries should sign numerous economic agreements, so that their economic cooperation would reach a very high level of their political cooperation.

Taking into account that both countries are located in the regions characterized by turbulent pasts, Tadić and Sargsyan agreed that the issues concerning Nagorno-Karabakh and Kosovo should be resolved only by peaceful means and through talks.

"The preservation of peace and stability is very important for our citizens and the respective regions that our countries are parts of, which for centuries have been hit by destruction and ethnic cleansing, and that must change," Tadić underscored.

The Armenian delegation also includes Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and Culture Minister Hasmik Poghosyan, who held a meeting with their Serbian counterparts, Vuk Jeremić and Predrag Marković respectively.

Several bilateral agreements will be signed during the visit of Armenia's state delegation to Serbia.

The Serbian president paid a visit to Yerevan in July 2009 when he agreed with the Armenian president that regional conflicts such as Kosovo and Metohija and Nagorno-Karabakh have to be resolved without the use of force, but rather by means of talks and in keeping with the principles and norms of international law.

On the occasion, the two presidents reached an agreement on promotion of bilateral cooperation between the two countries, particularly the economic one.

The official Yerevan has not recognized the Kosovo Albanian unilateral declaration of independence made in early 2008.