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    RUSSIA SUPPORTS ARMENIA IN FIGHTING INTERNAL POLITICAL CRISIS

    ARKA
    March 26, 2008

    YEREVAN, March 26. /ARKA/. Russia's President Vladimir Putin expressed
    his support to the people and authorities of Armenia in efforts to
    establish stability and cope with current difficulties. Putin stated
    this at a Moscow meeting with Armenia's president elect, Prime Minister
    Serge Sargssyan.

    The Armenian premier presented the political situation in the country
    stressing that Armenian authorities are resolute to establish stability
    and an atmosphere of tolerance in the country.

    Putin expressed optimism that the newly elected president will manage
    to solve the country's internal political problems.

    >From February 20 to March 1, Armenia's opposition political forces
    led by ex-president Levon Ter-Petrosyan were holding rallies in
    Liberty Square in Yerevan protesting against the results of February
    19 presidential elections inn which Prime Minister Serge Sargssyan
    won. The rallies turned into clashes between the rally participants
    and the police.

    On March 1, RA President Robert Kocharyan issued a decree on imposing
    a twenty-day state of emergency in the capital.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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