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RUSSIAN, ARMENIAN LEADERS TO DISCUSS BILATERAL TIES, CIS INTEGRATION
The Voice of Russia
March 12 2013
Russian President Vladimir Putin is due to hold negotiations with
his Armenian counterpart Serzh Sargsyan on Tuesday, the Kremlin press
service has reported.
The trip to Russia will be Sargsyan's first foreign visit following
his reelection as president of Armenia on February 18.
"The talks will address ways to further promote Russian-Armenian
relations, regional problems and the prospects for deepening
cooperation within the CIS and as part of Eurasian integration
processes," it said.
Armenia has traditionally been a central partner for Russia, with
both countries being engaged in vigorous political dialogue.
Key bilateral topics were discussed in great detail during the Armenian
president's visit to Moscow on August 8, 2012, as well as at meetings
on the sidelines of a CIS summit in the Turkmen capital Ashgabat on
December 5 and a summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organization
(CSTO) in Moscow on December 19.
Contacts between the Russian and Armenian governments, ministries
and agencies have been developing rapidly as well. The Russian and
Armenian prime ministers - Dmitry Medvedev and Tigran Sarkisian -
met in Yalta, Ukraine, on September 28. Russian Interior Minister
Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov and Audit
Chamber Chairman Sergei Stepashin visited Yerevan last year.
Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Armed Forces General
Staff Chief Valery Gerasimov have visited Armenia in 2013.
The visits to Yerevan by Valentina Matviyenko, speaker of the
Federation Council, the upper chamber of Russia's parliament, and
Sergei Naryshkin, speaker of the State Duma, the lower chamber, played
an important role in establishing ties with Armenia's new parliament,
which was elected on May 6, 2012.
Voice of Russia, Interfax
http://english.ruvr.ru/2013_03_12/Russian-Armenian-leaders-to-discuss-bilateral-ties-CIS-integration/
The Voice of Russia
March 12 2013
Russian President Vladimir Putin is due to hold negotiations with
his Armenian counterpart Serzh Sargsyan on Tuesday, the Kremlin press
service has reported.
The trip to Russia will be Sargsyan's first foreign visit following
his reelection as president of Armenia on February 18.
"The talks will address ways to further promote Russian-Armenian
relations, regional problems and the prospects for deepening
cooperation within the CIS and as part of Eurasian integration
processes," it said.
Armenia has traditionally been a central partner for Russia, with
both countries being engaged in vigorous political dialogue.
Key bilateral topics were discussed in great detail during the Armenian
president's visit to Moscow on August 8, 2012, as well as at meetings
on the sidelines of a CIS summit in the Turkmen capital Ashgabat on
December 5 and a summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organization
(CSTO) in Moscow on December 19.
Contacts between the Russian and Armenian governments, ministries
and agencies have been developing rapidly as well. The Russian and
Armenian prime ministers - Dmitry Medvedev and Tigran Sarkisian -
met in Yalta, Ukraine, on September 28. Russian Interior Minister
Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov and Audit
Chamber Chairman Sergei Stepashin visited Yerevan last year.
Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Armed Forces General
Staff Chief Valery Gerasimov have visited Armenia in 2013.
The visits to Yerevan by Valentina Matviyenko, speaker of the
Federation Council, the upper chamber of Russia's parliament, and
Sergei Naryshkin, speaker of the State Duma, the lower chamber, played
an important role in establishing ties with Armenia's new parliament,
which was elected on May 6, 2012.
Voice of Russia, Interfax
http://english.ruvr.ru/2013_03_12/Russian-Armenian-leaders-to-discuss-bilateral-ties-CIS-integration/