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NEW PHASE OF FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN MOSCOW AND YEREVAN

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Head of the Yerevan Kentron community Gagik Beglaryan and head of the Central administrative part of Moscow Sergey Boydakov signed an agreement today.

Moscow is the first city Yerevan has started to cooperate with. According to the agreement the two cities will cooperate in the local governing field, culture, sport and ecology fields. Cooperation started in 2004 when the delegation of the Yerevan municipality went to Moscow at the invitation of Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov. Gagik Beglaryan was in the delegation too. On his own initiative by the Armenian project and the financing of the Moscow side the Moscow park was constructed opposite the Drama Theater. By this agreement a Yerevanian park will be constructed in Moscow.

«The cooperation of these years yielded good results. The ratification of this agreement marks the beginning of the new phase. This year a number of events will be organized, including housing issues. In autumn days of Yerevan will be organized in Moscow. They too will have a good effect on our relations», Sergey Boydakov said.

At the end of the ceremony the sides exchanged souvenirs in token of friendship.