The presidents of Russia and Armenia centuries Putin and Serzh Sargsyan discussed at the meeting in Sochi prospects for Armenia's joining the Eurasian economic Union (EEU), the situation in Ukraine and the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Opening the meeting, the President of Russia has noticed, that relations of two countries are friendly, strategic character." He added that now the process of preparation of Armenia's accession to the Eurasian economic Union, and promised to inform his counterpart about the progress of this work.

Sargsyan noted that Armenia is concerned about the situation in Ukraine." of course, we are concerned about the situation in Ukraine. If you want, please, tell about the measures taken by Russia ", - said the head of Armenia.

with his own hand the Armenian leader promised to tell about the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh, which has seriously worsened in the last days." I detail you will be informed about the situation in our region and the reasons for deliberate escalation of the situation of Azerbaijan in the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, on the contact line, " said He.

first it was claimed that Putin will hold in Sochi bilateral meetings with the head of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan. According to official information, the meeting is expected to discuss bilateral cooperation, the most important economic.

Russia is a key partner for Armenia in a number of areas, and among them in the economy. According to the information of the Armenian side, in 2013, the bilateral trade increased by more than 10% and exceeded 1, 4 billion dollars. Russia is also an important investor in the Armenian economy - total volume of investments for 2013 is more than 3, 2 billion dollars. In addition, the country has about 1, 3 thousand of plants with participation of Russian capital.

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