Thursday, 10 November 2016
Prime Minister Welcomes Nikolai Ryzkov
Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan received a delegation led by Co-chair of Inter-Parliamentary Commission on Cooperation between the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia and the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Nikolai Ryzhkov.
Greeting the guests, the Premier said to be greatly honored to welcome to the Office of Government Nikolai Ryzhkov who has made a valuable contribution to friendship between the Armenian and Russian peoples. Highly appreciative of the Armenian-Russian allied relations, Karen Karapetyan described them as more than sincere.
According to Karen Karapetyan, Armenia and Russia have great potential to further expand and deepen cooperation in all areas, including the inter-parliamentary, inter-governmental and inter-regional platforms.
“We have a nice opportunity to make the Armenian-Russian relations exemplary. Friendship keeps being strengthened, if it is effective, fair and correct,” the Head of the Armenian Government pointed out.
Thankful for a warm welcome, Nikolai Ryzhkov wished Karen Karapetyan every success in the post of Prime Minister of Armenia. Nikolai Ryzhkov advised that Russia is interested in the furtherance of multifaceted relationship with Armenia, adding that today’s session of the Parliamentary Commission discussed cooperation in tourism and culture among other issues.
According to the Russian Co-chair, Armenia faces a serious challenge to promote the economy and went on to emphasize that he was ready to support the Armenian partners in addressing various issues and problems.
Touching upon cooperation in tourism, Karen Karapetyan expressed the hope that a decision will soon be made to allow Russian citizens to travel to Armenia with their internal passports, which may stimulate tourism. In this context, the parties stressed the importance of the planned signing of an inter-regional cooperation arrangement between the governments of the Republic of Armenia and the Russian Federation.
