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Belarusian leadership, Armenian PM discuss cooperation
Public Television of Armenia, Yerevan
3 May 05
[Presenter] Armenia is a country with which one can have the very
best relations. Like no other people in the former Soviet Union, the
Armenians remain faithful to the friendship we have had, Belarusian
President Alyaksandr Lukashenka announced in Minsk today.
President Lukashenka stressed the importance of holding the days of
Armenian TV and showing Armenian films within the framework of events
which will strengthen relations between the two friendly nations,
while helping each nation learn about each others' culture.
Armenian Prime Minister Andranik Markaryan asked the Belarusian
president to allocate a plot of land for the Armenian community so
that an Armenian church can be constructed. President Alyaksandr
Lukashenka instructed his people to resolve the issue immediately.
The Armenian prime minister and the Belarusian president also discussed
prospects for developing economic relations.
According to last year's statistics, Armenia was ranked ninth among
Belarus's trade partners in the CIS countries, with a 11m dollar
trade turnover that is 12 per cent higher than in 2003.
Armenia is our perspective partner in the South Caucasus, the
Belarusian authorities noted.
[Correspondent Tereza Kasyan from Minsk by telephone] Prime Minister
Andranik Markaryan met Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka
during his official visit to Belarus. The sides assessed positively
the two countries' political and economic relations.
The Armenian-Belarus business forum opened in Minsk today. The forum
confirmed the main directions of cooperation, trade, agriculture,
machine-building, high technologies and other spheres.
Andranik Markaryan met Belarusian Prime Minister Syarhey Sidorski in
the afternoon. Some joint agreements were signed. Andranik Markaryan
and Syarhey Sidorski signed a memorandum on free trade. Under the
existing agreements there were restrictions on the trade of sugar
and alcohol. Now these restrictions were lifted.
The Armenian health minister also signed an agreement on cooperation
with his Belarusian counterpart in the health sphere.
Armenian Public TV and the Belarusian National State TV Company also
agreed to cooperate. Chairman of the board of directors of Armenian
Public Television and Radio Aleksan Arutyunyan said there are prospects
for cooperation and for the creation of joint projects.
Tomorrow morning the Armenian delegation led by Andranik Markaryan
will visit the Minsk Automobile Works, the BelAZ plant [manufacturer
of heavy lorries] and meet representatives of the Armenian community in
Belarus and lay wreath at the Khatyn [World War II] memorial complex.
The Armenian delegation will return to Yerevan late in the evening.
Public Television of Armenia, Yerevan
3 May 05
[Presenter] Armenia is a country with which one can have the very
best relations. Like no other people in the former Soviet Union, the
Armenians remain faithful to the friendship we have had, Belarusian
President Alyaksandr Lukashenka announced in Minsk today.
President Lukashenka stressed the importance of holding the days of
Armenian TV and showing Armenian films within the framework of events
which will strengthen relations between the two friendly nations,
while helping each nation learn about each others' culture.
Armenian Prime Minister Andranik Markaryan asked the Belarusian
president to allocate a plot of land for the Armenian community so
that an Armenian church can be constructed. President Alyaksandr
Lukashenka instructed his people to resolve the issue immediately.
The Armenian prime minister and the Belarusian president also discussed
prospects for developing economic relations.
According to last year's statistics, Armenia was ranked ninth among
Belarus's trade partners in the CIS countries, with a 11m dollar
trade turnover that is 12 per cent higher than in 2003.
Armenia is our perspective partner in the South Caucasus, the
Belarusian authorities noted.
[Correspondent Tereza Kasyan from Minsk by telephone] Prime Minister
Andranik Markaryan met Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka
during his official visit to Belarus. The sides assessed positively
the two countries' political and economic relations.
The Armenian-Belarus business forum opened in Minsk today. The forum
confirmed the main directions of cooperation, trade, agriculture,
machine-building, high technologies and other spheres.
Andranik Markaryan met Belarusian Prime Minister Syarhey Sidorski in
the afternoon. Some joint agreements were signed. Andranik Markaryan
and Syarhey Sidorski signed a memorandum on free trade. Under the
existing agreements there were restrictions on the trade of sugar
and alcohol. Now these restrictions were lifted.
The Armenian health minister also signed an agreement on cooperation
with his Belarusian counterpart in the health sphere.
Armenian Public TV and the Belarusian National State TV Company also
agreed to cooperate. Chairman of the board of directors of Armenian
Public Television and Radio Aleksan Arutyunyan said there are prospects
for cooperation and for the creation of joint projects.
Tomorrow morning the Armenian delegation led by Andranik Markaryan
will visit the Minsk Automobile Works, the BelAZ plant [manufacturer
of heavy lorries] and meet representatives of the Armenian community in
Belarus and lay wreath at the Khatyn [World War II] memorial complex.
The Armenian delegation will return to Yerevan late in the evening.