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December 14, 2004 Tuesday

Duma speaker to discuss CIS strengthening in Yerevan

By Tigran Liloyan

YEREVAN

“The CIS strengthening and cooperation among the CIS states” will be
prioritized at the talks of State Duma Speaker Boris Gryzlov in the
Armenian capital. He made the statement upon arrival in Yerevan on
Tuesday evening. Gryzlov pays a three-day official visit in Yerevan
at the invitation of the leadership of Armenian parliament.

“We should discuss interparliamentary cooperation,” Duma speaker
emphasized. He recalled that the committee on interparliamentary
cooperation between the Russian Federal Assembly and the Armenian
National Assembly worked in Moscow early in December. “We will
consider our further ties in elaboration of the then signed
agreement,” he pointed out.

Gryzlov will also discuss trade and economic cooperation at a meting
with the Armenian leadership.

“At our talks we will also pay attention to the situation in Ukraine,
the current situation on the eve of another round of the election,”
the Duma speaker remarked. “I think we have topics to talk about” the
situation in Ukraine, Gryzlov indicated.