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  • FM: Russia remained top priority in Armenian foreign policy in 2004

    Russia remained top priority in Armenian foreign policy in 2004, ministry
    says

    Arminfo
    12 Jan 05


    YEREVAN

    The development and expansion of relations with the Russian Federation
    continued to be the highest priority in Armenia's foreign policy in
    2004, says the Armenian Foreign Ministry's report on the results of
    last year.

    The document says that Armenian-Russian cooperation developed and
    expanded in the military-political, trade, economic and humanitarian
    spheres last year, and within the CIS and the Collective Security
    Treaty Organization.

    Top-level meetings were held as part of three working visits of the
    Armenian president to Russia, an official visit of Armenian Prime
    Minister Andranik Markaryan, and visits to Armenia by the chairmen of
    both houses of the Russian parliament, Sergey Mironov and Boris
    Gryzlov. Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan paid an official
    visit to Moscow in July. During the negotiations held the sides spoke
    about bilateral cooperation at the international level and ways of
    resolving the Nagornyy Karabakh problem.

    Issues of economic partnership were discussed at a meeting of the
    Armenian-Russian intergovernmental commission at the end of the
    year. In an effort to expand the economic partnership between legal
    entities and individuals of the two countries, an Armenian-Russian
    association of business cooperation was set up and over 100 companies
    from both countries have already joined it.

    A wide range of military and military-economic issues was discussed
    during a visit to Armenia by Russian Defence Minister Sergey Ivanov
    and during the first meeting of the Armenian-Russian intergovernmental
    commission for military and technical cooperation in September.

    As part of a cooperation programme between the two countries' culture
    ministries, days of Russian culture were held in Armenia in April
    2004, while a week of Armenian films was held in Moscow in March. The
    agreement was reached to declare 2005 the year of Russia in Armenia
    and 2006 the year of Armenia in Russia.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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