Sarkisian to Meet Putin in Moscow

Serzh Sarkisian and Vladamir Putin. (Source: Armenpress)

YEREVAN (RFE/RL)””The presidents of Armenia and Russia will meet in Moscow next week for talks that are expected to focus on ongoing international efforts to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

The talks slated for August 10 will come two days after President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Baku. He will hold a trilateral meeting there with his Azerbaijani and Iranian counterparts, Ilham Aliyev and Hassan Rouhani.

The Kremlin announced on Wednesday that Putin and Aliyev are also due to hold separate talks in the Azerbaijani capital.

A separate Kremlin statement said Putin and Armenia’s Serzh Sarkisian will discuss Russian-Armenian political and economic ties and “integration processes”