Armenia and Russia willing to deepen interparliamentary ties

armradio.am
28.01.2008 16:27

On January 28 the Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia Tigran
Torosyan received the President of the State Duma of the Russian
Federation Boris Gryzlov. The meeting was attended by NA Vice-Speaker
Arevik Petrosyan, Chairmen of NA Standing Committees, Russian
Ambassador to Armenia Nikolay Pavlov, Armenian Ambassador to Russia
Armen Smbatyan, other officials.

Speaker Tigran Torosyan appreciated Mr. Gryzlov’s visit to Armenia
after the first sitting of the Russian State Duma of fifth convocation
and expressed conference that the current visit will mark the beginning
of qualitatively new relations between the two countries, which will
correspond to the new opportunities and new perspectives. Mr. Torosyan
highly assessed the cooperation within international organizations,
noting that there are many unused opportunities. He expressed
confidence that after the parliamentary elections in both countries and
the forthcoming presidential elections new opportunities will emerge
for effective work and close cooperation.

President of the State Duma Boris Gryzlov thanked Tigran Torosyan for
his participation in the first sitting of the State Duma. He agreed
that to rich a high level of bilateral relations the parliamentary
delegations of the two countries need to deepen the cooperation.
According to Mr. Gryzlov’s assessment, serious steps are needed also in
the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly.

Mr. Gryzlov noted that Russian businessmen are gradually increasing the
investments into Armenian economy and expressed hope that the commodity
turnover will reach $1 billion in 2008.

The president of the Russian State Duma also turned to the two million
Armenians residing in Russian, underscoring their contribution to the
political life and economic development of the country.

Other issues of bilateral interest were also discussed.