YEREVAN, APRIL 12, NOYAN TAPAN. On April 16, RA President Serzh Sargsyan received RF Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who had arrived in Yerevan to take part in the 20th meeting of BSEC member-countries' Foreign Ministers' Council. S. Sargsyan and S. Lavrov discussed issues regarding Armenian-Russian strategic allied relations, as well as RA President's forthcoming working visit to RF. Regional and international issues of bilateral interest were also touched upon at the meeting. According to RA President's Press Office, the same day S. Sargsyan received Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan, who is also in Yerevan to take part in the meeting of BSEC member-countries' Foreign Ministers' Council. Issues regarding normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations were discussed during the meeting. RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Ertugrul Apakan also took part in the meeting.

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