PUTIN WILL ATTEND ARMENIAN GENOCIDE CENTENNIAL COMMEMORATIONS IN YEREVAN
13:58, 31 Mar 2015
Siranush Ghazanchyan
Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend the Armenian Genocide
commemoration events in Yerevan, Speaker of the Russian State Duma
Sergey Naryshkin said at a meeting with Armenian Parliament Speaker
Galust Sahakyan. A number of Russian lawmakers are also expected to
attend the events.
Naryshkin said the State Duma will adopt a document in the near
futureto express the position of the Russian side on these historic
events.
Sergey Nayshkin also attached importance to the conduct of events
in Armenia dedicated to the Victory in the Great Patriotic War and
emphasized the role of the Armenian people in that great victory.
Galust Sahakyan voiced hope that the visit would boost the inter-state
relations between the two countries and promote the further
strengthening of inter-parliamentary cooperation. He noted that the
allied relationship and strategic partnership between Armenia and
Russia is based on the centuries-old friendship of the two brotherly
peoples, strong cultural and spiritual ties.
The Armenian Parliament Speaker highlighted Russia’s constructive
role in the strengthening of regional security, particularly in the
settlement process of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend the Armenian Genocide
commemoration events in Yerevan, Speaker of the Russian State Duma
Sergey Naryshkin said at a meeting with Armenian Parliament Speaker
Galust Sahakyan. A number of Russian lawmakers are also expected to
attend the events.
Naryshkin said the State Duma will adopt a document in the near
futureto express the position of the Russian side on these historic
events.
Sergey Nayshkin also attached importance to the conduct of events
in Armenia dedicated to the Victory in the Great Patriotic War and
emphasized the role of the Armenian people in that great victory.
Galust Sahakyan voiced hope that the visit would boost the inter-state
relations between the two countries and promote the further
strengthening of inter-parliamentary cooperation. He noted that the
allied relationship and strategic partnership between Armenia and
Russia is based on the centuries-old friendship of the two brotherly
peoples, strong cultural and spiritual ties.
The Armenian Parliament Speaker highlighted Russia’s constructive
role in the strengthening of regional security, particularly in the
settlement process of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.