SERGEY MIRONOV ASSESSED PROSPECTS OF INTERPARLIAMENTARY RELATIONS BETWEEN RUSSIA AND ARMENIA AS FAVORABLE

PanARMENIAN.Net - Yesterday Speaker of the Upper Chamber of the Council of Federation of Russia Sergey Mironov held talks with Chairman of the National Assembly of Armenia Artur Baghdasarian, Strana.Ru reported. «I assess the prospects of interparliamentary relations between Russia and Armenia as most favorable,» S. Mironov noted upon the completion of the meeting. «Before the yearend we plan to hold at least two meetings at top official level. Specifically a conference on inter-regional cooperation will be held in August, in the end of December a special Russian delegation will arrive in Yerevan for the closing of the Year of Russia in Armenia and I plan to head the delegation,» Mr. Mironov noted. The Russian Council of Federation Speaker also summed up the talks with his Armenian counterpart. «We discussed bilateral cooperation issues at that far exceeding the limits of interparliamentary cooperation,» Sergey Mironov noted. «We specifically touched upon problems of functioning of the transport corridor, discussed the problem of the status of a range of enterprises referring to Armenia's debt to Russia.» In his turn, Armenian Speaker Artur Baghdasarian stated, «Today we discussed 6-7 issues and agreed upon detailed measures. Specifically, one of the issues referred to migration, as well as the legal status of Armenian citizens, who live in Russia. The Armenian Parliament has already discussed that issue. We want to find such a legal solution to that problem, which would fully secure conditions for residence of our compatriots in the territory of Russia.»