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PUTIN STARTS VISIT TO ARMENIA FROM GYUMRI
Interfax, Russia
Dec 2 2013
GYUMRI Armenia. Dec 2
Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Gyumri, the first
leg of his state visit to Armenia.
Putin will come from the airport to the Gyumri Drama Theater to
participate in the commissioning of the fifth unit of the Razdan
thermal power plant during a teleconference. This is a unique project
incorporating the newest engineering solutions: it combines steam
turbine and gas turbine technologies for the first time ever. The
unit's rated output is 467 megawatts.
The ceremony of the cancellation of a postage stamp dedicated to the
Sochi Winter Olympic Games will be held in the Theater after that.
Once the ceremony is over, the Russian president will attend a meeting
of the Third Russian-Armenian Interregional Forum. The presidents
of Russia and Armenia will make their first appearance at the forum,
whose main theme is the upcoming accession of Armenia to the Customs
Union and the Common Economic Space. All the Armenian regions and more
than 70 regions of Russia are engaged in interregional cooperation
between Russia and Armenia. The forum will have over 600 delegates.
After the forum Putin will lay wreaths to the monument to the victims
of the Spitak earthquake and visit the Russian military base in Gyumri.
The Russian force stationed in Armenia is committed to covering the
southern flank of Russia and to protect Armenia as a member of the
Collective Security Treaty. The enlargement of the Russian military
base was announced in 2005 after the signing of a number of bilateral
documents. Armenia transferred some land plots and real estate items
to the base. The staff of the Russian forces formerly deployed in
the South Caucasus and some of the personnel and armaments previously
stationed in Georgia have been transferred to the base.
The Russian president will tour the base and speak to Russian
servicemen before he goes to Yerevan.
After his arrival in Yerevan, Putin and Armenian President Serzh
Sargsian will lay wreaths to the memorial to the victims of the
Armenian genocide. The presidents will have a meeting and participate
in Russian-Armenian negotiations. The negotiations will end with the
signing of joint documents and a statement by the two presidents for
the press.
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Interfax, Russia
Dec 2 2013
GYUMRI Armenia. Dec 2
Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Gyumri, the first
leg of his state visit to Armenia.
Putin will come from the airport to the Gyumri Drama Theater to
participate in the commissioning of the fifth unit of the Razdan
thermal power plant during a teleconference. This is a unique project
incorporating the newest engineering solutions: it combines steam
turbine and gas turbine technologies for the first time ever. The
unit's rated output is 467 megawatts.
The ceremony of the cancellation of a postage stamp dedicated to the
Sochi Winter Olympic Games will be held in the Theater after that.
Once the ceremony is over, the Russian president will attend a meeting
of the Third Russian-Armenian Interregional Forum. The presidents
of Russia and Armenia will make their first appearance at the forum,
whose main theme is the upcoming accession of Armenia to the Customs
Union and the Common Economic Space. All the Armenian regions and more
than 70 regions of Russia are engaged in interregional cooperation
between Russia and Armenia. The forum will have over 600 delegates.
After the forum Putin will lay wreaths to the monument to the victims
of the Spitak earthquake and visit the Russian military base in Gyumri.
The Russian force stationed in Armenia is committed to covering the
southern flank of Russia and to protect Armenia as a member of the
Collective Security Treaty. The enlargement of the Russian military
base was announced in 2005 after the signing of a number of bilateral
documents. Armenia transferred some land plots and real estate items
to the base. The staff of the Russian forces formerly deployed in
the South Caucasus and some of the personnel and armaments previously
stationed in Georgia have been transferred to the base.
The Russian president will tour the base and speak to Russian
servicemen before he goes to Yerevan.
After his arrival in Yerevan, Putin and Armenian President Serzh
Sargsian will lay wreaths to the memorial to the victims of the
Armenian genocide. The presidents will have a meeting and participate
in Russian-Armenian negotiations. The negotiations will end with the
signing of joint documents and a statement by the two presidents for
the press.
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