ARMENIA FAVOURS PRESERVATION OF RUSSIAN LANGUAGE IN POST-SOVIET SPACE
Itar-Tass
March 12 2010
Russia
MOSCOW, March 12 (Itar-Tass) — Armenia pays close attention to the
problem of preserving the Russian language in the post-Soviet space,
a spokesman for the Armenian president’s administration said on Friday.
"Armenia highly appreciates the Russian culture and takes various
steps to revive and maintain the role of the Russian language in the
post-Soviet space," Ara Sagatelian told journalists. "The Russian
language is the factor that unites CIS countries ensuring information
stability and security."
According to Sagatelian, "peoples of the former Soviet republics must
have a common future based on common values."
"Moscow and Yerevan are maintaining close cooperation not only in the
cultural sphere but also in political, military and economic areas,"
said Sergei Chebotarev, head of Russian president’s administration
for cultural ties with foreign countries.
"Russia’s investments in the Armenian economy were three billion U.S.
dollars in 2009. Despite the global financial crisis, the trade
turnover between the two countries went up by 13 percent," he said,
adding that investments went to the areas of power generation, banking,
metallurgy and communications.