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December 15, 2004 Wednesday 5:47 AM Eastern Time

Armenia hails interparliamentary coop with Russia – Speaker

By Tigran Liloyan

YEREVAN

Armenia attaches great attention to interparliamentary cooperation
with Russia and to the entire set of interstate relations in
different spheres, Speaker of the Armenian National Assembly Artur
Bagdasaryan said during his meeting with Russian State Duma Speaker
Boris Gryzlov on Wednesday.

Taking part in the meeting were the heads of the standing
commissions, factions and groups of deputies of the Armenian National
Assembly, including opposition members. “It shows that all the
political forces of Armenia pay special attention to cooperation with
Russia,” Bagdasaryan said.

“Russian-Armenian inter-parliamentary relations are actively
developing,” Bagdasaryan said. He recalled, “The joint Commission on
inter-parliamentary cooperation of the Armenian National Assembly and
Russian Federal Assembly is also working dynamically.” Certain
agreements are being successfully fulfilled, he said.

“Armenia together with other CIS countries makes efforts to intensify
the activity of the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly,” the Armenian
speaker said. “We will participate actively in drafting model laws”
within the framework of the Assembly, he added.