INDIA-ARMENIA SIGN MOU ON PARLIAMENTARY COOPERATION

WebIndia, India
Oct 7 2005

India and Armenia today signed an MoU on Parliamentary Cooperation
aimed at promoting and intensifying cooperation between the Indian
Parliament and the Armenian National Assembly.

On the second day of his visit here, Vice-President Bhairon Singh
Shekhawat stressed the need for strengthening the imperatives of
bilateral cooperation in multilateral forums between the two countries.

Addressing members of the National Assembly of the former Soviet Union
Republic, the first Indian statesman to do so, the Vice President
whole-heartedly appreciated the CIS country’s support for India’s
candidature for a permanent seat in the UN Security Council.

He also highlighted the need for reforms in the United Nations to
make it more democratic.

“Globalisation needs to have a much wider and substantive content
that promotes overall human happiness, especially of the millions
of people in different parts of the world who continue to suffer the
curse of poverty and deprivation,”said Mr Shekhawat to the thumping
of desks by Armenian Parliamentarians.

The Vice President also thanked Armenia for its consistent support
to India on the issue of terrorism and added that “all nations of
the world, like India and Armenia, should work together to root out
the scourge of terrorism”.

The MoU was signed from the Indian side by Mr Vijay Kumar, Secretary
(Coordination), Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and from the
Armenian side by National Assembly Secretary General Hayk Kotanyan.

Tomorrow, both countries XXX( EDS: here pick up from last para of DF9,
External-India-Armenia-MOU).

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress