MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF RUSSIA: ARMENIAN-RUSSIAN COOPERATION CORRESPONDS TO THE LEVEL OF STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP
ARKA
Jan 14, 2010
YEREVAN, January 14. /ARKA/. "Armenian-Russian cooperation corresponds
to the level of strategic partnership", said Sergey Lavrov, Minister
of Foreign Affairs of Russia during the press-conference on Wednesday.
"Armenia is our strategic partner and ally and our relations completely
correspond to it. Our presidents frequently meet with each other and
sign agreements on deepening the partnership", he said.
Lavrov was in Armenia on January 13-14. During the meeting with his
Armenian colleague, Lavrov discussed the process of implementation
of agreements signed between the presidents.
Both parties stated that the process goes on successfully. The parties
discussed also mutual trade-economic relations undertaken in the
direction of elimination of crisis consequences. They emphasized the
importance of mutual cooperation of the regions having high potential.
One of the important directions of cooperation is humanitarian
relations which develop through the Board and Fund of NIS humanitarian
cooperation.
"On the basis of Russian Center of science and culture in Yerevan,
last month Center of Russian language was established and this month
Center of innovative technologies will be established. We agreed
that Russian side on behalf of Diplomatic academy of Ministry of
Foreign Affairs of Russia and Moscow State University of International
Relations will assist in the establishment of Diplomatic academy of
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia", said the Minister.
The parties also discussed the issues of future representation of
Russia in NIS, particularly preparation for the Board Meeting of NIS
Ministry of Foreign Affairs on March 25, 2010. "We discussed issues of
regional security, regulation of Karabakh problem. Russia will assist
in gaining agreement of solving Karabakh problem during negotiations
of both parties", said Lavrov.
He thanked Armenia for the support in reconstruction of the monument to
the memory of 156 officers of Russian army in Gyumri who died during
Russian-Turkish war in 1855 and 1877-1878. Opening of the memorial
will be one of the important events in the frames of celebration of
65th anniversary of victory of World War II in Armenia.