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25 January 2002 - 17:47 AMT

RUSSIAN CONSULATE GENERAL OPENED IN GYUMRI

Today consulate general of the Russian Federation opened in Gyumri. Armenian Defense Minister, Co-Chairman of the Armenian-Russian intergovernmental commission on economic cooperation Serzh Sargsyan, Russian Ambassador to Yerevan Anatoly Dryukov, governor of Shirak region Feliks Pirumian appeared at the diplomatic representation inauguration ceremony. Deputy Foreign Minister of the Republic of Armenia Ruben Shugarian, Mayor of Gyumri as well as the command of the 102 Russian military base dislocated in Gyumri and Gyumri border detachment of the Russian federal border service were present at the ceremony.