The delegation headed by the vice-governor of St Petersburg Olga Kazanskaya arrived in Yerevan to take part in «Erebuni-Yerevan 2796» celebration has been hosted in the Municipality of Yerevan. Greeting the guests Mayor Taron Margaryan first of all thanked them for accepting the invitation and highly appreciating the efforts of the Government of St Petersburg aimed at strengthening and expansion of bilateral relations once again stressed that Yerevan is open and ready to discuss new proposals and initiatives directed at mutually beneficial cooperation development and expansion. «Today our cooperation is developing within the frames of the program of cooperation of 2011-2014, and taking into account the effective and coordinated work of the created working groups I am sure we will have the results we have outlined. I am also confident that this meeting will give a new practical quality to the implementation of constructive programs between Yerevan and Saint Petersburg», said the Mayor.
Having thanked the Mayor for warm reception and conveying the greetings of the Governor of Saint Petersburg Georgi Poltavchenko, vice-governor Olga Poltavchenko congratulated Taron Margaryan on the Day of Yerevan and noted that the relationship with Yerevan is important for St Petersburg and it's obvious that the cooperation between the two cities has a big potential. «Yerevan is a reliable and stable partner for the northern capital of the RF and we attach importance to cooperation expansion. I assure you, Mister mayor, that Yerevan is dear to us not only a friend but also a partner city and we highly appreciate the constructive partnership atmosphere existing in our relations. We always participate in the celebrations dedicated to Yerevan with great pleasure and we are sure that we will again return to St Petersburg full of wonderful impressions», said Olga Kazanskaya.

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