The yearly 2008 review of the ROA Foreign Ministry states that, "Armenia has actively participated in the expanding processes within the framework of the CIS. The political leadership of Armenia has participated in all official and non-official meetings of the CIS at the highest levels." The review document states that during 2008 ROA President Serzh Sargsyan made working trips to Ukraine, Kyrgystan and Kazakhstan and that during his trip to the Crimea, on the occasion of the 650th anniversary of the founding of the Holy Cross Monastery, he met with Viktor Yushchenko, President of Ukraine.