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RUSSIA BACKS ARMENIA'S INVOLVEMENT INTO EURASIAN INTEGRATION - LAVROV
ITAR-TASS, Russia
June 23, 2014 Monday 02:49 PM GMT+4
YEREVAN June 23
- 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 organisations,
including within the U.N., the Council of Europe, the CIS, the OSCE
[Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe] and the CSTO
[Collective Security Treaty Organisation]," Lavrov told a news
conference on Monday.
"Russia and Armenia maintain strategic partnership that is based on
centuries-long friendship, mutual assistance and good-neighbourliness.
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.
From: A. Papazian
ITAR-TASS, Russia
June 23, 2014 Monday 02:49 PM GMT+4
YEREVAN June 23
- 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 organisations,
including within the U.N., the Council of Europe, the CIS, the OSCE
[Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe] and the CSTO
[Collective Security Treaty Organisation]," Lavrov told a news
conference on Monday.
"Russia and Armenia maintain strategic partnership that is based on
centuries-long friendship, mutual assistance and good-neighbourliness.
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.
From: A. Papazian