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On November 22 the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Eduard Sharmazanov received the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Bashkiria Raphayil Zinurov and the Chairman of the Armenian-Russian Cooperation NGO Yuri Navoyan.

To recap, the NA Deputy Speaker of Bashkiria arrived in Armenia at the invitation of the organization Armenian-Russian Cooperation to take part in the presentation of the first volume of his book “Armenia: Path of Millennia”. That book is written in verse about the history of Armenia from the ancient times until nowadays based on the Armenian historians’ works. The events of the first volume begin from ancient times of the History of Armenia and reach to the invention of Armenian scripts. At present the works of printing of the second and third volumes are in the process.

Welcoming the guest Eduard Sharmazanov highly appreciated his interest and the work done in the study of the History of Armenia and civilisation, the book “Armenia: Path of Millennia”, which, to his conviction, would give big impetus to the development of cultural relations of Armenia and Bashkiria and make more effective the Armenian-Russian inter-regional cooperation.

Thanking for warm reception, the NA Deputy Speaker of Bashkiria Raphayil Zinurov has noted that it is difficult to say when his attitude and admiration towards the Armenian people, its historical past and present and its culture, he has a conviction, the Armenian people have big contribution not only in world culture, but also, in general, in the formation of the history of humankind, moreover, that history is one of the most important circles of the all-human history.

The Chairman of the Armenian-Russian Cooperation NGO Yuri Navoyan has said that Raphayil Zinurov is a big expert of the history of the Armenian people and its culture, but also the big friend of the Armenian people, who actively takes part in all the important events of the Armenian community of Russia and contributes to strengthening the friendship of the Armenian, Russian and Bashkir peoples. According to his assessment, Raphayil Zinurov’s book and its response has become an impetus of development of cooperation between Armenia and Bashkiria. At present, the preparatory works of the visit of the President of Bashkiria to Armenia are underway.

In the course of the meeting issues pertaining to the inter-regional cooperation, the structure and the activity of the two parliaments and the peaceful settlement of the NKR problem were also discussed.

The Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Eduard Sharmazanov has noticed that Armenia has been and remains the supporter for the solution of the NKR problem through peaceful negotiations, whereas the Azerbaijani authorities don’t stop making bellicose and fascist statements distorting the facts and violating the international standards. In particular, he touched upon the anti-Armenian campaign by Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev on Twitter social website, where the latter calls Armenia “a colony functioning from outside” and considers number one enemy for Azerbaijan the Armenian lobby.

Eduard Sharmazanov calls Aliyev a dictator leader of the totalitarian state, noticing that with cynical statements Aliyev confirms that today they have remained advocates of fascism.

The NA Deputy Speaker of Bashkiria Raphayil Zinurov highlighted the Armenian approach of the solution of the NK problem through peaceful negotiations and expressed hope that the international community would support that stance.