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PUTIN TO JOIN EVENTS MARKING CENTENARY OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE DURING VISIT TO YEREVAN - STATE DUMA SPEAKER
Interfax, Russia
March 30 2015
YEREVAN. March 30
President Vladimir Putin will join events in Yerevan commemorating
the centenary of the Armenian Genocide, while the Russian State Duma
will make a statement in connection with this date, State Duma Speaker
Sergei Naryshkin said.
"President Vladimir Putin's upcoming visit and attendance of the
events commemorating the centenary of the Armenian Genocide in the
Ottoman Empire will definitely give a fresh impetus to our contacts,"
Naryshkin told Armenian lawmakers in Yerevan on Monday.
He said the State Duma will "express its attitude to this historical
event" in a statement.
Russian-Armenian relations have been broadening dynamically in the
political, economic, military and humanitarian spheres, he said.
On January 2 Armenia became a fully-fledged member of the Eurasian
Economic Union, which is an event of great importance, he said. "We
live in a new reality, when Russia and Armenia are building a new
and promising integration format," Naryshkin said.
Kremlin spokesman earlier said that Putin could visit Armenia during
celebrations of the centenary of the Armenian Genocide.
"President Vladimir Putin's visit to Yerevan is on the agenda. The
visit is being prepared and discussed. We will make an announcement the
moment the exact date is set and confirmed," Peskov told journalists
on March 19.
Armenian President Serzh Sargsian earlier said that Putin's visit
was likely.
From: A. Papazian
Interfax, Russia
March 30 2015
YEREVAN. March 30
President Vladimir Putin will join events in Yerevan commemorating
the centenary of the Armenian Genocide, while the Russian State Duma
will make a statement in connection with this date, State Duma Speaker
Sergei Naryshkin said.
"President Vladimir Putin's upcoming visit and attendance of the
events commemorating the centenary of the Armenian Genocide in the
Ottoman Empire will definitely give a fresh impetus to our contacts,"
Naryshkin told Armenian lawmakers in Yerevan on Monday.
He said the State Duma will "express its attitude to this historical
event" in a statement.
Russian-Armenian relations have been broadening dynamically in the
political, economic, military and humanitarian spheres, he said.
On January 2 Armenia became a fully-fledged member of the Eurasian
Economic Union, which is an event of great importance, he said. "We
live in a new reality, when Russia and Armenia are building a new
and promising integration format," Naryshkin said.
Kremlin spokesman earlier said that Putin could visit Armenia during
celebrations of the centenary of the Armenian Genocide.
"President Vladimir Putin's visit to Yerevan is on the agenda. The
visit is being prepared and discussed. We will make an announcement the
moment the exact date is set and confirmed," Peskov told journalists
on March 19.
Armenian President Serzh Sargsian earlier said that Putin's visit
was likely.
From: A. Papazian