Full statement of meeting in Armenia

On October 2, President Armen Sarkissian met with the Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Armenia Sergey Kopyrkin During the conversation they discussed the situation in the region, bilateral Armenian-Russian relations. The two expressed concern over the escalation of tension on the borders of Armenia and in the region of the Karabakh conflict and spoke for its urgent end. The importance of the statement made by the presidents of Russia, the United States and France, the countries of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs on Nagorno-Karabakh, was emphasized.