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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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