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  • Parliamentary Delegation Of Belarus Visits Tsitsernakaberd

    PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION OF BELARUS VISITS TSITSERNAKABERD

    NOYAN TAPAN
    MARCH 23, 2010
    YEREVAN

    YEREVAN, MARCH 23, NOYAN TAPAN. During the official visit to Armenia,
    the Belarusian parliamentary delegation headed by Valery Ivanov, Vice
    Speaker of Belarusian parliament, and Hrayr Karapetian, Chairman of the
    RA National Assembly Standing Committee of Defence, National Security
    and Internal Affairs, Chairman of the interpaliamentary commission
    on cooperation between the parliaments of Armenia and Belarus,
    went on March 23 to Tsitsernakaberd and laid flowers and wreaths at
    Monument to the Victims of the 1915 Armenian Genocide. They observed
    a one-minute silence in remembrance of 1,500,000 innocent victims.

    Then the high-ranking guests went to the Genocide Museum where they
    became acquainted with the documents bearing witness to the Armenian
    Genocide.

    The vice speaker of the Belarusian parliament made notes in the book
    for honorary guests.

    The press service of the RA National Assembly reports that on the
    same day the interparliamentary commission on cooperation between
    the parliaments of Armenia and Belarus held meetings in the Armenian
    parliament.

    The Belarusian delegation met with Nerses Yeritsian, Armenian Minister
    of Economy, Co-Chairman of the Armenian-Belarusian Intergovernmental
    Commission on Economic Cooperation. During the meeting the sides
    discussed issues related to cooperation in industry, agriculture
    and other sectors, and to the Intergovernmental Commission's sitting
    scheduled for April.

    The necessity to strengthen relations of the parliaments of the two
    countries, their cooperation in international organizations were
    discussed at the meeting with David Harutyunian, Chairman of the RA
    National Assembly Standing Committee of State and Legal Affairs. The
    sides expressed a high opinion about Armenian-Belarusian ties and
    attached importance to their cooperation in international organizations
    where the two countries always support each other.
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