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Russia-Armenia regions cooperation centre opened in Yerevan
TASS
October 2, 2004 Saturday 6:02 AM Eastern Time
By Lyudmila Yermakova, Tigran Liloyan
YEREVAN
Russian Federation Council Chairman Sergei Mironov and Armenian
parliament head Artur Bagdasaryan opened the Russian-Armenian regional
cooperation centre in a ceremony in Yerevan on Saturday.
The objective of the centre is promoting development of cooperation
between Russian and Armenian regions.
The agreement to set up the centre was reached at the conference on
"Russian-Armenia interregional cooperation - the state and prospects"
that took place in Samara last May.
Mironov expressed the hope activities of the centre would be effective
and beneficial for contacts between Russian and Armenian regions.
The head of the Russian parliament's upper house said that during his
visit to Yerevan he agreed with his Armenian counterpart on the format
to finance the centre.
The centre is situated in the student town territory near Armenian
French University, whose administrative board chairman is the Armenian
parliament head.
An agreement on cooperation between Russian and Armenian regions was
signed during Russian President Vladimir Putin's official visit to
Yerevan in September 2001.
Seventy Russian regions maintain direct ties with Armenia at present,
and 15 agreements between regions of the two countries are in force,
Mironov noted.
TASS
October 2, 2004 Saturday 6:02 AM Eastern Time
By Lyudmila Yermakova, Tigran Liloyan
YEREVAN
Russian Federation Council Chairman Sergei Mironov and Armenian
parliament head Artur Bagdasaryan opened the Russian-Armenian regional
cooperation centre in a ceremony in Yerevan on Saturday.
The objective of the centre is promoting development of cooperation
between Russian and Armenian regions.
The agreement to set up the centre was reached at the conference on
"Russian-Armenia interregional cooperation - the state and prospects"
that took place in Samara last May.
Mironov expressed the hope activities of the centre would be effective
and beneficial for contacts between Russian and Armenian regions.
The head of the Russian parliament's upper house said that during his
visit to Yerevan he agreed with his Armenian counterpart on the format
to finance the centre.
The centre is situated in the student town territory near Armenian
French University, whose administrative board chairman is the Armenian
parliament head.
An agreement on cooperation between Russian and Armenian regions was
signed during Russian President Vladimir Putin's official visit to
Yerevan in September 2001.
Seventy Russian regions maintain direct ties with Armenia at present,
and 15 agreements between regions of the two countries are in force,
Mironov noted.