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On November 22 the RA NA Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan had bilateral meetings with the Speaker of the State Duma of the Russian Federation (RF) Sergey Narishkin and the Speaker of the Federal Council of the RF Federal Assembly Valentina Matviyenko.

During the meeting with the Speaker of the RF State Duma Sergey Narishkin the speakers of the two parliaments discussed issues concerning the activation of inter-parliamentary relations, cooperation in the international parliamentary organizations and a number of issues of bilateral interest.

The Speaker of the State Duma highlighted his official visit to Armenia in strengthening of the Armenian-Russian inner-state cooperation. He has deemed necessary the further deepening and the development of inter-parliamentary cooperation, has highlighted the mutual visits, which promote more strengthening of friendly relations between Armenia and Russia. In the development of the Armenian-Russian inter-parliamentary relations Mr Narishkin has considered important the activity of the inter-parliamentary committee of the RA NA and RF Federal Assembly: its upcoming sitting will be held in Yerevan on November 29. To his conviction, the Committee’s work essentially promotes the stable and dynamic development of the RA and RF inter-parliamentary relations. Sergey Narishkin thanked Mr Abrahamyan for organizing at high level and holding in Yerevan the first joint visiting sitting of the CSTO United headquarters and the chairmen of the committees on Defense and Security Affairs of the CSTO PA member states.

The RA NA Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan has documented with satisfaction that the Armenian-Russian ties develop, to which Sergey Narishkin’s official visit to Armenia promoted. The NA Speaker has highlighted the further development of the inter-parliamentary relations and the deepening of cooperation in international parliamentary organizations. Hovik Abrahamyan has noted that Armenia attaches great importance to the CSTO activity. In his word, the organization is an established military-political structure and an important factor of keeping stability in the post-Soviet territory. To his conviction, the activity of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly is also rather effective. In the NA Speaker’s opinion, as an effective example of cooperation of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly and Statutory bodies of the Organization may also be considered the Yerevan sitting of the CSTO United headquarters and the chairmen of the committees on Defense and Security Affairs of the CSTO PA member states.

During the meeting the sides discussed other issues pertaining to the development of inter-parliamentary relations.

On the same day the NA Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan had a meeting with the Speaker of the Federal Council of the RF Federal Assembly Valentina Matviyenko.

Mrs Matviyenko has underlined that Armenia is an important strategic partner of Russia and has highly appreciated the contribution of the speakers of the two countries in strengthening of the Armenian-Russian relations. Touching upon her official visit to Armenia in July and remembering it with warmth, she thanked Hovik Abrahamyan for warm reception in the name of delegation and her. Valentina Matviyenko has highlighted and effectively assessed her official visit to Armenia and noted that after the visit the Armenian-Russian relations have turned into a new qualitative phase. In the development of inner-state relations Valentina Matviyenko has emphasized the further deepening of inter-parliamentary relations. The Speaker of the RF Federal Council has stressed that Russia highly appreciates the activity of the RA authorities led by the RA President Serzh Sargsyan during the recent years in the progress of the country and the development of the Armenian-Russian relations, expressing confidence that the people of Armenia realize all this and will evaluate as granted.

Mr Abrahamyan has documented with satisfaction the dynamic development of the Armenian-Russian cooperation and inter-parliamentary relations. He has stressed that Armenia greatly highlights the further deepening and strengthening of cooperation in different directions with Russia. In reinforcement of Armenia-Russia cooperation he also highly appreciated Mrs Matviyenko’s official visit to Armenia. Touching upon the activity of the IPA CIS, Hovik Abrahamyan has noted that the CIS Inter-parliamentary Assembly has an important significance in the life of the CIS member countries and has a big contribution in the development of national legislation, boosting of inter-parliamentary cooperation and establishing peace in the region. Both sides highlighted the activity of the RA NA and RF FA Inter-parliamentary Committee.

At the end of the meeting Valentina Matviyenko invited Hovik Abrahamyan to Russia on an official visit.

In the course of the meeting the sides discussed other issues of mutual interest, too.