Serzh Sargsyan Meets with Minsk Group Co-Chairs

On March 23, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, who is in the Netherlands on an official visit, met with the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs, Ambassadors Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Jacques Faure of France, and James Warlick of the United States of America and the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk.

According to the president’s Press Office the Co-Chairs and President Sargsyan discussed the present state of the settlement process of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and the future steps that need to be taken.

That same day President Sargsyan met with the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, during which they discussed Armenia-EU relations. Serzh Sargsyan stressed the importance of maintaining the present level of cooperation between Armenia and the EU, which has been attained during the last several years. He also stressed the significance of deepening Armenian-EU cooperation based on the joint statement published during the third Eastern Partnership Summit in Vilnius and the letters exchanged between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia and the EU High Representative.

According to President Sargsyan, in this regard, as one of the founding countries of the EU, Armenia anticipates Netherland’s support.

During his visit Sargsyan will be taking part in the Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague on March 24-25.