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    ITAR-TASS News Agency
    TASS
    July 6, 2004 Tuesday 3:38 PM Eastern Time

    Armenia is main strategic partner of Russia - MP Kokoshin

    By Susanna Adamyants, Alexandra Urusova

    MOSCOW

    Armenia "is our main strategic ally with which we have no problems,"
    Chairman of the Duma Committee for CIS Affairs and Relations with
    Compatriots Andrei Kokoshin said after negotiations with Armenian
    Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanyan.

    "The regional situation requires coordinated security efforts in the
    Caucasus, the South Caucasus in the first turn," he said.

    "Negotiations between Vartan Oskanyan and Russian Foreign Minister
    Sergei Lavrov, and Oskanyan's meeting with Russian parliamentarians
    displayed identical opinions about all items on the agenda. Russian
    deputies said they were ready to contribute to the development of
    bilateral relations," Kokoshin said.

    "A number of conceptual issues need a closer discussion," Oskanyan
    said. "Many conflicts in the world and the region require close
    cooperation between Moscow and Yerevan."

    Parties to the negotiations at the Russian Foreign Ministry said
    "there is no alternative to peace settlement of regional conflicts,
    including the one in Nagorno-Karabakh." Armenia "is a prime partner
    of Russia, an ally in the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in
    Europe, and a country with which Russia has lasting friendly
    relations. In fact, we are one and the same people," Lavrov said
    referring to his Armenian blood.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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