YEREVAN, OCTOBER 13, ARMENPRESS.  President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan met with the President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon on October 13 who has arrived in Armenia to participate in the CSTO Collective Security Council session.

As “Armenpress” was informed from the press service of the Armenian President’s Office, the President of Armenia greeted the guest and said that Armenia is interested in developing the friendly and fraternal relations with Tajikistan. Noting that the current level of Armenian-Tajik relations fits nether the high level of political relations between the two states, nor the friendship between the peoples of Armenia and Tajikistan, Serzh Sargsyan mentioned that anyway the trend of developing inter-state relations is visible that needs to be bilaterally deepened and reinforced. The Armenian President stated that Armenians looked forward to the state visit of Emomali Rahmon, which will be a starting point for cooperation and numerous agreements.

The President of Tajikistan thanked the President of Armenia for cordially hosting his delegation. Emomali Rahmon noted that this is his third visit to Armenia and he deliberately arrived a day before the CSTO Collective Security Council session so as to have another opportunity to meet with his Armenian counterpart and friend, exchange ideas with him and discuss all the prospects for developing Armenian-Tajik bilateral cooperation. The Tajik President stated that there is much to be discussed regarding both the CSTO activities and development of bilateral cooperation.

President Rahmon also mentioned that his country watchfully follows the developments in the world, and naturally both current international issues and issues of regional security will be touched upon at the Yerevan session of the CSTO Collective Security Council.

The Armenian and Tajik Presidents discussed in detail a broad scope of issues of developing bilateral inter-state relations.