On December 2, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan met with Hungarian President Pal Schmitt on the sidelines of OSCE Summit in Astana.

The Presidents stressed the friendly relations between the two states and emphasized Armenia-Hungary inter-parliamentary friendship groups greatly contributed to their expansion, RA Presidential press service informed NEWS.am.

Serzh Sargsyan expressed his gratitude to Hungarian authorities and people for their warm attitude towards the Armenian community in Hungary.

The officials also discussed the cooperation within international agencies and Armenia-EU relations, taking into account Hungary will take over OSCE chairmanship in 2012. Pal Schmitt stressed the necessity for cooperation within EU-initiated "Eastern Partnership" project.