ARMENIAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER HOSTS CIS INTER-PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY COUNCIL'S SECRETARY GENERAL
YEREVAN, June 1. /ARKA/. Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Gegham
Gharibjanyan received Wednesday the CIS Inter-Parliamentary Assembly
Council's Secretary General Mikhail Krotov who is now in Armenia for
working visit. According to the Ministry's press service, issues
related to Armenia's participation in 9th International Economic
Forum to be held in Saint Petersburg on June 14 to 16 were discussed
at the meeting.
Taking into account that the forum is to be held under Russian
Federation President and is considered one the main economic events
either for the CIS member countries or for 50 other world states, the
sides attached importance to Armenian delegation participation in it.
According to the press-release, Gharibjanyan said at the meeting that
Armenia will continue to join processes going on the CIS space and will
make all possible efforts to ensure its effective participation in the
International Economic Forum. The Deputy Foreign Minister also pointed
out the necessity of the CIS member countries cooperation enlargement
in humanitarian area. In his words, Humanitarian Cooperation
Declaration signed on May 8 in the course of a CIS informal summit,
lays favorable ground for interaction in this area either as part of
Armenian-Russian relationship or at the CIS level. M.V. -0--
YEREVAN, June 1. /ARKA/. Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Gegham
Gharibjanyan received Wednesday the CIS Inter-Parliamentary Assembly
Council's Secretary General Mikhail Krotov who is now in Armenia for
working visit. According to the Ministry's press service, issues
related to Armenia's participation in 9th International Economic
Forum to be held in Saint Petersburg on June 14 to 16 were discussed
at the meeting.
Taking into account that the forum is to be held under Russian
Federation President and is considered one the main economic events
either for the CIS member countries or for 50 other world states, the
sides attached importance to Armenian delegation participation in it.
According to the press-release, Gharibjanyan said at the meeting that
Armenia will continue to join processes going on the CIS space and will
make all possible efforts to ensure its effective participation in the
International Economic Forum. The Deputy Foreign Minister also pointed
out the necessity of the CIS member countries cooperation enlargement
in humanitarian area. In his words, Humanitarian Cooperation
Declaration signed on May 8 in the course of a CIS informal summit,
lays favorable ground for interaction in this area either as part of
Armenian-Russian relationship or at the CIS level. M.V. -0--