ARMENIAN PREMIER EXPRESSES CONCERNS OVER VIOLENCE AGAINST ARMENIANS TO RUSSIAN COUNTERPART

ARKA News Agency, Armenia
Dec 4 2006

YEREVAN, December 4. /ARKA/. At his meeting with Russian Prime Minister
Mikhail Fradkov, RA Premier Andranik Margaryan expressed his concern
over the more frequent cases of violence against Armenia in Russia.

Although the violence is not specifically against Armenians, its
ethnic nature cannot be ignored, Margaryan said.

Premier Margaryan thanked his Russian counterpart for a constructive
dialogue and expressed the confidence in the necessity of such
meetings, as they allow the sides to throiroughly discuss the existing
problems and mechanisms of solution.
From: Baghdasarian