ITAR-TASS News Agency
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April 11, 2005 Monday 8:04 PM Eastern Time
Armenia, Russia parliament chiefs to discuss cooperation
By Tigran Liloyan
YEREVAN
Prospects for inter-parliamentary cooperation between Armenia and
Russia are to be discussed in Moscow on Tuesday by an Armenian
parliament delegation, led by Artur Bagdasaryan, Speaker of the
National Assembly, an official in the parliament press service has
told Itar-Tass here.
During an official visit, to be made at the invitation of the
leadership of the State Duma lower house of the Russian parliament,
the Armenian delegation is to meet with Russian Prime Minister
Mikhail Fradkov, Sergei Mironov, Speaker of the Federation Council
(FC) upper house of parliament, and Boris Gryzlov, Speaker of the
State Duma.
The delegation members are also to have a conversation with Igor
levitin, Russian Minister of Transport and co-chairman of the
inter-govenrmental commission for economic cooperation between the
Russian Federation and Armenia.
On Wednesday, the Armenian delegation will proceed on its way to St
Petersburg to attend the 25th plenary session of the CIS
Inter-Parliamentary Assembly and an international scientific forum
dedicated to the 60th anniversary on the WWII Victory-in-Europe Day.