YEAR OF ARMENIA IN RUSSIA COMMON ACHIEVEMENT
ARKA News Agency, Armenia
Dec 4 2006
YEREVAN, December 4. /ARKA/. The organization of the Year of Armenia in
Russia is the sides’ common achievement, RA Premier Andranik Margaryan
stated during his visit to Moscow, Russia. He expressed the confidence
that the political dialogue, economic and humanitarian cooperation
allow the sides to consistently develop their relations.
According to Margaryan, the arrangements held during the Year of
Armenia in Russia evoked a serious response: Armenia’s best artistic
collectives gave performances, exhibitions, student conferences,
business forums were organized.
Margaryan welcomed the fact that the events were also held in the
Rostov, Astrakhan, Samara, Sverdlovsk and other Russian regions.
The RA Premier pointed out the importance of intensifying
Armenian-Russian humanitarian ties, the Year of Armenia and Russia
and the Year of Russia in Armenia being evidence thereof.
An Armenian Premier-headed delegation went to Moscow on November 30 to
take part in the official closing of the Year of Armenia in Russia. On
December 1, 2006, the Armenian Premier held a meeting with his Russian
counterpart Mikahil Fradkov. The following day Premier Margaryan went
to Saint Petersburg to take part in the opening of the "History of
Armenia" exhibition at the Hermitage. The same day Margaryan took
part in the official closing of the Year of Armenia in Russia.