KAPAN, OCTOBER 23, NOYAN TAPAN. Ambassador of RF to Armenia, Nikolay Pavlov with a number of Embassy employees is in the Syunik region on a three-day working visit. On October 23, they had a meeting with Syunik Governor Surik Khachatrian. During their meeting with the Ambassador, the representatives of the Rossiyane NGO operating in Kapan said that no discrimination is shown to them and they rely on the regional and local authorities, media in any issue, who, in their turn, do everything possible to support the organization. At the meeting, it was proposed contributing to reopening of Russian schools when possible, though Kapan has some schools with classes of profound study of Russian. N.Pavlov said that the main goal of his visit to Syunik region is to get acquainted with the representatives of the regional and local authorities, to observe the region's potential and industrial abilities on the spot. The Ambassador and the persons accompanying him visited the Baghaburj Memorial Complex, laid wreathes to the Memorial to the Earthquake Victims. Then they visited the Memorial Complex of Perished Freedom-Fighters, laid flowers to the graves of those who perished for the homeland, as well as to the Memorial to those who perished in the Great Patriotic War. They will visit Meghri on October 24.

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