Mr. Kocharyan made a short stop in the Tajik capital on his way to China, where he is going on a state visit.
In Mr. Sharipov's words, at the meeting Mr. Rakhmonov and Mr. Kocharyan voiced the necessity to continue work over the improvement of the contractual-legal base of bilateral relations in different spheres (both countries along with Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan are members of the Organization of the Collective Security Treaty. Armenia along with Ukraine and Moldova have the status of observers under the Eurasian Economic Community, whose members are Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan).
The Tajik president, in the words of the press secretary, noted the necessity to accelerate work on the adoption of a regular package of bilateral documents, which are now under consideration.
"Tajikistan is ready to continue political dialogue at different levels, encourage the ties of business, scientific, cultural circles, contacts between citizens," the press secretary quoted Mr. Rakhmonov as saying.
Mr. Kocharyan in his turn said that after the visit of the Tajik president to Yerevan, the first session of the intergovernmental commission on economic cooperation and a business forum took place, said Mr. Sharipov.
"This is a good tendency, which is to provide a result. As the sides are getting ready, Tajikistan organizes a second session of the commission so that it could start implementing mutually beneficial specific projects," said Mr. Rakhmonov.
After the meeting with Mr. Rakhmonov, Mr. Kocharyan flew to Beijing.
