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    ITAR-TASS News Agency
    TASS
    December 1, 2004 Wednesday

    Russia is stabilizing factor in Transcaucasia - view

    By Syuzanna Adamyants

    MOSCOW


    The deputy speaker of the Armenian parliament said on Wednesday that
    Russia is a stabilizing factor in Transcaucasia.

    "Russia is a Caucasian superpower, and its presence is necessary in
    Transcaucasia," Vaan Ovanesyan stressed. "Russia and Armenia are old
    friends and allies," said Ovanesyan, who is co-chairman of the
    Russian-Armenian inter-parliamentary commission. "These are not just
    emotions, but a basis for strategic partnership," the top
    parliamentarian added.

    He said a Moscow session of the commission had considered political
    and military cooperation between Russia and Armenia. According to
    him, the two sides stressed "a high level of political and military
    cooperation between Russia and Armenia". "That meets the national
    interests of the two states, while a military union is a key element
    of national security in the Caucasus," he added.

    A decision was reached at the session that the two countries should
    encourage integration in the military industry between two countries'
    enterprises with an aim to develop economic cooperation in the sphere
    of military technologies.

    The next session of the commission is due in Yerevan in May 2005.

    The main aim of the inter-parliamentary commission, set up in the
    late 1990s, is to create a strong legal basis for the integration
    between Russia and Armenia.

    The two states have signed 160 agreements. During political
    consultations they exchange opinions on the entire range of bilateral
    relations, on major international and regional issues.

    Particular attention is paid to the improvement of the situation in
    the Caucasus, to the development of multi-lateral cooperation,
    including within the framework of the Caucasus Four group, to fight
    against terrorism and prevention of conflicts, as well as to
    cooperation within the CIS and its Collective Security Treaty,
    EurasEC and other international organisations. Armenia has got an
    observer status in EurasEC.
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