CONFERENCE OF ASSOCIATION OF FRIENDSHIP AND COOPERATION WITH ARMENIA HELD IN MOSCOW

PanARMENIAN.Net
19.06.2006 13:38 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ A conference of the Association of Friendship and
Cooperation with Armenia was held in Moscow. The participants decided
to transform the organization from a regional into an inter-regional
and to change the name. From now on this association of people’s
diplomacy will be called the Association of Russian-Armenian Friendship
and Cooperation.

Outstanding Russian political figure, writer and political scientist
Victor Krivopuskov was re-elected the President for a 5-year term.

As Victor Krivopuskov told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, the conference
participants appealed to the Russian leadership and Russian nation
to condemn the vandalism committed by Azerbaijan on December 25, 2005
when 4 000 khachkars at the medieval Armenian cemetery in Old Djulfa
(Nakhichevan) protected by UNESCO, were severely demolished.

The delegates called on the Russian, Armenian and Azerbaijani President
to demonstrate political will and adherence to century-old traditions
of peoples while settling the Nagorno Karabakh problem, to live in
peace, friendship and consent. "Only peaceful and just negotiations
can lead Armenia and Azerbaijan to mutual consent," he said.

In a special statement the conference participants condemned the
murders of Russian citizens of Armenian origin committed through
national hatred in Moscow and other regions. They also expressed
concern over the inactivity of the law enforcers. "We appealed to
the Armenian Diaspora in Russia, the Armenian people and media not
to dramatize the situation and to avoid judging the whole nation by
the deeds of some malefactors. The Year of Armenia in Russia should
be used for strengthening and developing the ties between the Russian
and Armenian people," Victor Krivopuskov said.