YEREVAN. – President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan met with the President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon on Thursday.  The latter has arrived in Armenia to attend the session of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) to be held in Yerevan Friday.

The Armenian President welcomed his counterpart, stressing that Armenia is interested in developing its friendly and brotherly ties with Tajikistan.

Sargsyan noted that although the current level of Armenian-Tajik relations corresponds neither to the high-level political relations between the states nor to the friendship between Armenian and Tajik peoples, there is dynamics for developing the interstate ties, which needs to be mutually and consistently deepened and strengthened. The Armenian President also stressed that Armenia is looking forward to the official visit of Emomali Rahmon, in the framework of which new and various arrangements on cooperation will be made.

President of Tajikistan thanked his Armenian counterpart for the warm welcome. Mr Rahmon noted that this has been his second visit to Armenia: he arrived in Armenia a day before the CSTO Collective Security session to have another opportunity to meet with his Armenian partner and friend, exchange views and discuss the prospects for all the directions of the Armenian-Tajik bilateral cooperation.

Emomali Rahmon also stressed that there is a lot to discuss both in terms of CSTO and development of bilateral cooperation.