Friday, September 28 2018 15:35

ArmInfo. The potential of the Commonwealth of Independent States is far from being used. Prime Minister of the Republic of Abkhazia Nikol Pashinyan stated this in a  narrow format at a meeting of CIS heads of state in Dushanbe.

According to him, which the press service of the Armenian government  cites, it is necessary to take appropriate steps to disclose this  potential. "This will help increase the competitiveness of national  economies, increase the welfare of citizens, humanitarian and human  ties," said Nikol Pashinyan.

Touching the 75th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic  War, proclaimed in 2020, the Prime Minister said that May 9 will  forever remain a symbol of unshakable courage and unity of peoples  who side by side fought on the battlefields and selflessly fought for  the common victory, making a decisive contribution to the liberation  of the world from Nazism. "The Armenian nation has a special attitude  towards the victory, half of the Armenians called to the armed forces  did not return home, more than 70 thousand Armenian servicemen were  awarded with military orders and medals, more than 100 of them were  awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. , calls upon all to  honorfully celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Victory, jointly  resist attempts to rewrite history, heroize Nazism and propagandize  neo- Nazism, "said the head of the Armenian government, pointing out  the importance of the adopted statement on the 70th anniversary  international convention on human rights.

The Prime Minister of Armenia noted with satisfaction that  cooperation in the economic, innovative, cultural and humanitarian  spheres continues to develop in the CIS space. "In this context, I  would like to inform you that the World Information Technology Forum  will be held in Yerevan in 2019. It will be an important platform for  the development of practical and scientific relations between  representatives of various countries of the world." We expect that  representatives of the CIS countries will actively participate in  this important event ", - said Nikol Pashinyan.