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  • Russia Backs Armenia's Involvement Into Eurasian Integration -- Lavr

    RUSSIA BACKS ARMENIA'S INVOLVEMENT INTO EURASIAN INTEGRATION -- LAVROV

    ITAR-TASS, Russia
    June 23 2014

    June 23, 15:21 UTC+4 YEREVAN "We believe that the strengthening of
    inter-parliamentary relations will facilitate further development of
    cooperation," the Russian minister of foreign affairs said.

    YEREVAN, June 23. /ITAR-TASS/. Foreign Ministers of Russia
    and Armenia, Sergei Lavrov and Edward Nalbandian, have discussed
    Yerevan's participation in Eurasian integration and cooperation within
    international structures.

    "Russia upholds Armenia's involvement in Eurasian integration. We
    discussed cooperation in different international organizations,
    including within the UN, the Council of Europe, the CIS, the OSCE
    [Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe] and the CSTO
    [Collective Security Treaty Organization]," Lavrov told a news
    conference on Monday.

    "Russia and Armenia maintain strategic partnership that is based on
    centuries-long friendship, mutual assistance and good-neighborliness.

    This is an important factor for ensuring stability of our states and
    maintaining regional stability," Lavrov said.

    "The high-level regular and trust-based dialogue gives an impetus to
    our multilateral relations. Today we've discussed the implementation
    of the agreements, reached in the course of Russian President Vladimir
    Putin's visit to Yerevan last year and at the meeting between our
    presidents in Moscow on May 8," he said.

    "We've coordinated the steps at the bilateral level and within the
    CSTO and the CIS over the 100th anniversary of World War I and the 70th
    anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War," Lavrov said.

    "We praise the work of the intergovernmental commission for trade and
    economic cooperation. The similar commission for military-technical
    cooperation operates. Recently the inter-parliamentary commission has
    met. We expect the Armenian speaker to arrive in Moscow in early July,"
    he said.

    "We believe that the strengthening of inter-parliamentary relations
    will facilitate further development of cooperation," Lavrov said.

    "Trade turnover between Russia and Armenia increases. The figures,
    cited by Edward Agvanovich [Nalbandian] -- over 10% per year, are
    serious," he said.

    "Russia's investments in the Armenian economy reach over $3 billion.

    Many Russian companies -- Gazprom, Russian Railways, VTB, Inter RAO
    EES and others work in Armenia," Lavrov said.

    http://en.itar-tass.com/russia/737372

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