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    Belarus' Lukashenko praises econ ties with Armenia
    By Larisa Klyuchnikova

    ITAR-TASS News Agency
    May 3, 2005 Tuesday

    MINSK, May 3 -- Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko expressed
    satisfaction with the development of economic relations with Armenia,
    noting the steadily increasing trade turnover.

    "The two countries succeeded in finding ways to engage in mutual trade
    in the present-day difficult conditions," Lukashenko noted at a meeting
    with visiting Armenian Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan on Tuesday.

    "Thank you for visiting us on the eve of the 60th anniversary of
    the victory in the Great Patriotic War," the president said during
    the talks.

    He noted that many Armenians fought against the enemy in Belarus
    during the war, including top military commanders.

    "We know and appreciate it," Lukashenko said, "you can always find
    support with Belarussians. We remember the good turn."

    He called Armenia the country with which it is possible to build very
    good relations.

    "Armenia, perhaps as no other nation in the former Soviet Union,
    remains loyal to the friendship which we once developed," the head
    of state said.

    Margaryan gave a positive valuation to the dynamics of trade and
    economic cooperation between the two countries. At the same time,
    he noted untapped reserves.

    "A meeting of the intergovernmental economic cooperation commission
    will take place in Yerevan this year, to map out ways of stepping up
    bilateral interaction," the prime minister said.

    Margaryan's program envisions talks with Belarussian Prime Minister
    Sergei Sidorsky, and visits to the Belarussian and Minsk automobile
    plants.

    The two sides plan to sign several documents, including an
    inter-governmental protocol abolishing exclusions from the free
    trade regime, as well as agreements on cooperation between the health
    ministries and between major television channels.

    The two countries will also sign a contract for the supply of
    Belarussian mining equipment to Armenia.

    Relations between Belarus and Armenia have been steadily growing
    in recent years. Their leaders meet on a regular basis. The two
    countries have signed more than 40 agreements, and their foreign and
    other ministries have established closer relationships.

    Last year, bilateral trade turnover increased 12.4 percent to 10.8
    million U.S. dollars.
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