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    ARKA News Agency
    March 9, 2005


    Honorary Doctor of Slavinic University conferred on RF Ambassador to
    Armenia

    RA Minister of Foreign Affairs: Karabakh conflict should be settled
    in the framework of OSCE Minsk Group

    Memorandum on mutual understanding signed by Armenian, Latvian
    parliaments

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    HONORARY DOCTOR OF SLAVINIC UNIVERSITY CONFERRED ON RF AMBASSADOR TO
    ARMENIA

    YEREVAN, March 9. /ARKA/. RF Ambassador Extraordinary and
    Plenipotentiary to Armenia Anatoly Dyukov has been awarded RAU Order
    of Honor and the title of Honorary Doctor of the Armenian-Russian
    Slavonic University for his contribution to Russian-Armenian
    cooperation. RAU Rector Armen Darbinyan emphasized the Ambassador~Rs
    decisive role in the foundation and further development of RAU. He
    also stressed the trend toward educational integration and the
    importance of exchanging experience between the two countries~R
    educational system.
    Anatoly Dryukov has been RF Ambassador Extraordinary and
    Plenipotentiary to Armenian since 1998. The Ambassador~Rs mission in
    Armenia is nearing completion, and in April-May 2005 he is expected
    to be replaced by the career diplomat Nikolay Pavlov. Dryukov has
    worked in the Foreign Ministry system since 1960. He has held
    different diplomatic posts at the central office of the Ministry of
    Foreign Affairs and abroad. In 1987-1990, he was USSR Ambassador to
    Singapore, in 1991-1996 USSR and RF Ambassador to India.
    The RAU was founded under the Russian-Armenian Intergovernmental
    Agreement on the foundation and activities of a Russian-Armenian
    University in Yerevan. The Agreement was signed on August 29, 1997 in
    Moscow. On November 28, 1997, the RA Government made a resolution on
    the foundation of a Russian-Armenian University in Armenia.
    The RAU is a higher professional school under joint jurisdiction of
    the RF and RA and has the status of state-run higher schools in both
    countries. The RAU was licensed on June 27, 2000 by the RF Ministry
    of Education and implements higher and post-graduate educational
    programs. P.T. ~V0--

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    RA MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS: KARABAKH CONFLICT SHOULD BE SETTLED
    IN THE FRAMEWORK OF OSCE MINSK GROUP

    YEREVAN, March 9. /ARKA/. Karabakh conflict should be settled in the
    framework of one structure, that is OSCE Minsk Group, as stated RA
    Minister of Foreign Affairs Vartan Oskanian. According to him, all
    international structures are anxious about the Karabakh conflict
    settlement, especially those where Armenia and Azerbaijan are
    involved, that is EU, Council of Europe, however settlement of the
    issue may be achieved only in the format of OSCE Minsk Group. ~SAll
    other international structures should concentrate on the process in
    this format, being ready to contribute to peace process or improving
    post-conflict satiations~T, he said. At that he noted that he
    positively evaluated the striving of various European instances to
    participate in settlement of the conflict, however, ~Ssees no
    competition with OSCE Minsk Group~T. A.H. --0--

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    MEMORANDUM ON MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING SIGNED BY ARMENIAN, LATVIAN
    PARLIAMENTS

    YEREVAN, March 9. /ARKA/. A memorandum on mutual understanding on
    issues related to integration in the EU was sign Wednesday between
    Armenian and Latvian parliaments. The memorandum was signed by
    Armenian Parliament Vice-Speaker Tigran Torosyan and the Head of
    Latvian Parliament~Rs Commission for European Affairs Oskars Kastens,
    as a source of Armenian National Assembly Department for Public
    Relations says.
    Cordial relations established between Armenian and Latvia, progress
    in political dialog between the two countries, the EU decision to
    include Armenia in Widen Europe. New Neighbors program are welcomed
    in the memorandum as well as Armenia~Rs aspiration to join European
    fold and its success in that direction. Latvian Parliament
    willingness to share its experience obtained on its way to the EU
    membership with Armenian colleagues was also welcomed in the
    document. It was stressed in the memorandum that the parliaments play
    major part in the process of their countries integration in the EU.
    The countries arranged to support Armenian National Assembly in
    fulfilling the agreement on partnership between Armenia and European
    Commonwealth and its member countries. M.V.--0--

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    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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