Tuesday, December 19 2017 17:59

ArmInfo. Armenia and Russia are moving to a new stage in the development of bilateral relations based on centuries of history and friendship. This was announced on  December 19 in Yerevan by the results of the year, Russian Ambassador to Armenia Ivan Volynkin.

According to him, now the relations between the two states are  brought to the level of allied, and no adversity can shake them. The  Ambassador noted that the Armenian-Russian relations, based on a  solid legal framework, are highly dynamic. Volynkin informed that  over the past 10 years, more than 100 meetings between the heads of  state of the two countries have been held, mutual visits are  constantly carried out at all levels, the interparliamentary  commission, the intergovernmental commission for economic  cooperation, the intergovernmental commission for military-technical  cooperation are actively working.

At the same time, he added that Armenia and Russia continued to be  active participants of the Eurasian integration processes, both  states made a significant contribution to CSTO activities. "I would  also like to note the active financial support of Russia for the UN  in Armenia, unfortunately, little is said about this, but the Russian  Federation decided that a part of the contributions of the Russian  Federation that go to the budget of various UN structures was aimed  at developing the economy and the social sphere of Armenia, in  particular, they are programs of integrated support to the  development of rural regions and the enhancement of community  resilience, strengthening the capacity to combat forest fires in the  Republic of Armenia, the development of integrated rural tourism and  UNIDO. "A week ago, the Ministry of Agriculture launched the launch  of a new UN project" Building Capacity to Strengthen Food Security  and Nutrition in a number of Caucasus and Central Asian countries,  "to which Russia will contribute $ 6 million," the Russian Ambassador  said. At the same time, he stressed that all the above programs are  successfully developing in Armenia, especially the children's  nutrition program in schools, implemented for several years. Volynkin  stressed that at the initiative of Russia this program will be  continued.

The Russian diplomat also noted that the International AIDS Day is  celebrated on December 1. "With Russian funding, two mobile  laboratories have been delivered to Armenia, which run all over the  country and conduct rapid tests and various medical examinations.This  program is very successful and popular in Armenia, and people are  willing to use these opportunities on the ground," the diplomat said.

Speaking about the foreign policy sphere, Volynkin noted that the  year brought great joy, from the fact that the efforts of the Russian  military space forces and with their support managed to actually  complete the operation in Syria, to bring greater stability to this  region. "We cooperated closely with Armenia in this regard,  humanitarian aid from Armenia to Syria was sent by Russian military  transport aircraft, an important event in Syria, we know that there  is a large Armenian community in Syria, and not only her, but the  entire Syrian people. It is important that Syria managed to be  maintained as a sovereign and independent state, "the ambassador  said. In conclusion, he regretted the fact that it was not possible  to resolve the crisis in Ukraine.