Armenian, Georgian Presidents meet behind closed doors

PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan is currently in Georgia on a formal visit. A meeting with his Georgian counterpart Mikheil Saakashvili behind closed doors was followed by expanded talks.



In the evening, the Presidents are expected to make a joint statement.



Serzh Sargsyan will meet with parliament speaker David Bakradze. He will lay a wreath to the memorial in Heroes' Square and meet with students and teaching stuff of Tbilisi State University. Besides, he will meet with representatives of the Armenian community of Georgia.



Sargsyan and Saakashvili will also take part in the ceremony of laying of the foundation stone of the monument to Sayat-Nova, the Armenian poet who wrote verse in Armenian, Georgian, Azerbaijani and Farsi.
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