ARMENIAN AND RUSSIAN PARLIAMENTARIANS ADOPT JOINT STATEMENT CALLING ON WORLD COMMUNITY TO RECOGNIZE GENOCIDE OF ARMENIANS
by Tatevik Shahunyan
Monday, March 30, 14:12
The Armenian National Assembly Committee for Foreign Relations and
the Committee on CIS Affairs, Eurasian Integration and Compatriots
of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation
adopted a joint statement after their second meeting in Yerevan.
The statement highlights the importance of the 70th Anniversary
of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War, the contribution of the
Armenian and Russian peoples to the victory over Fascism, as well as
comes out against glorification of the nazi crimes or any attempts of
their historical rehabilitation. The sides reaffirmed their stands
on the Genocide of Armenians and called on the parliaments of all
countries to condemn and recognize the Genocide against Armenians in
the Ottoman Empire in 1915-1923 ahead of the Centennial of that crime
against humanity. The Russian and Armenian parliamentarians welcomed
participation of the State Duma delegation in the Genocide Centennial
commemorations in Yerevan.
They made a point of enhancing the economic integration of the Eurasian
Economic Union (EEU) countries, welcomed free movement of goods,
services, capital, and the labor force within the EEU.
The sides called the integration in the field education and science
as an essential factor of developing the economic relations within
the EEU and creating a single education and science area. The joint
statement calls on the parliamentarians of the two countries for
further cooperation at international parliamentary organizations. The
sides agreed to boost the development in the field of legislation
and improvement of the law-enforcement practice in the field of
migration policy.
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by Tatevik Shahunyan
Monday, March 30, 14:12
The Armenian National Assembly Committee for Foreign Relations and
the Committee on CIS Affairs, Eurasian Integration and Compatriots
of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation
adopted a joint statement after their second meeting in Yerevan.
The statement highlights the importance of the 70th Anniversary
of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War, the contribution of the
Armenian and Russian peoples to the victory over Fascism, as well as
comes out against glorification of the nazi crimes or any attempts of
their historical rehabilitation. The sides reaffirmed their stands
on the Genocide of Armenians and called on the parliaments of all
countries to condemn and recognize the Genocide against Armenians in
the Ottoman Empire in 1915-1923 ahead of the Centennial of that crime
against humanity. The Russian and Armenian parliamentarians welcomed
participation of the State Duma delegation in the Genocide Centennial
commemorations in Yerevan.
They made a point of enhancing the economic integration of the Eurasian
Economic Union (EEU) countries, welcomed free movement of goods,
services, capital, and the labor force within the EEU.
The sides called the integration in the field education and science
as an essential factor of developing the economic relations within
the EEU and creating a single education and science area. The joint
statement calls on the parliamentarians of the two countries for
further cooperation at international parliamentary organizations. The
sides agreed to boost the development in the field of legislation
and improvement of the law-enforcement practice in the field of
migration policy.
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