Russia Hopes For Armenian Settlement Through Dialog

RUSSIA HOPES FOR ARMENIAN SETTLEMENT THROUGH DIALOG

Interfax News Agency
Russia & CIS
March 3, 2008
Russia

Moscow regrets the recent riots in Yerevan and hopes for settlement
through dialog, the Foreign Ministry information and press department
said on Monday.

"We hope that measures taken by the Armenian administration will
resolve the internal political situation through peaceful dialog
between the authorities and all public forces in the interests of the
security of citizens and the sustainable development of the Armenian
state," the department said.

According to the Russian embassy in Armenia, no Russian citizens were
hurt in the riots.

For details, see the Interfax Diplomatic Panorama for March 3.