May 28, 2002 - 23:54 AMT
RUSSIAN SECURITY COUNCIL SECRETARY VLADIMIR RUSHAYLO CELEBRATE DAY OF INDEPENDENCE DECLARATION IN SARDARAPAT
The visit of Russian national Security Council secretary Vladimir Rushaylo to Armenia continues. Yesterday he had talks with his Armenian colleague Serge Sarkisian, in the course of which the addenda to the protocol on cooperation between the structures of the National Security Council of Armenia and Russian were discussed. Rushaylo met with the minister of internal affairs of Armenia lieutenant-general Hayk Arutyunian. They discussed the perspectives of the strengthening of the cooperation of the law-enforcement bodies of the two countries. Today the talks of Rushaylo and Sarkisian will continue. The meeting of the secretary of the Security Council of Russia with the national security minister Karlos Petrosian will take place. In the afternoon the guest will visit the memorial to the Armenian genocide in Ottoman Turkey where he will see the exhibits of the Genocide museum. Vladimir Rushailo and people accompanying him will visit Garni, Gegard and Sardarapat. Meetings of the Russian statesman with Armenian president Robert Kocharian and Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II are planned for tomorrow. Several agreements will be signed the last day of the visit. Russian delegation will leave Yerevan tomorrow.