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29 April 2006 - 11:22 AMT

Sergey Mironov Suggests Resuming Meetings of Armenian, Azeri, Georgian and Russian Speakers

April 28 Chair of the Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly of Russia Sergey Mironov sponsored resumption of regular meetings of Armenian, Azeri, Georgian and Russian Speakers. “I discussed this matter with my Azeri and Armenian counterparts and they hailed this initiative. I hope Georgian Parliament Chair Nino Burjanadze will not object,” Mironov told journalists. The latest meeting of the four Speakers was held in Moscow in September 2005. According to reports, Russian State Duma Speaker Boris Gryzlov refused from a meeting with Burjanadze scheduled April 28 during the Georgian Speaker’s visit to Russia to take part in events marking the 100th anniversary of Russian State Duma.