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    LAVROV: RUSSIA SPEAKS FOR STRENGTHENING NEIGHBORLY RELATIONS IN THE BLACK SEA REGION

    Regnum, Russia
    May 17 2006

    Issues of Russia's chairmanship in the Organization for Black Sea
    Economic Cooperation (in May-October 2006), as well as problems of
    intensifying and raising effectiveness of the Black Sea Economic
    Cooperation Secretariat have become main issue of a meeting between
    Sergey Lavrov with Secretary General of the organization Leonidas
    Khrisantopulos, who assumed office on May 1, REGNUM is told in the
    Russian embassy in Armenia.

    During the meeting, Sergey Lavrov confirmed Russia's adherence to the
    principal policy of strengthening neighborly relations and stability
    in Black Sea region, providing favorable conditions for trade and
    economic cooperation. Russia is also interested in implementing within
    frameworks of the organization initiatives on practical cooperation, in
    particular, in transports or engineering, as well as in other fields,
    the minister noted. According to him, Russia is persistent in pursuing
    a policy in the Organization for Black Sea Economic Cooperation to
    implement projects on renewing regular service between ports of the
    Black Sea, extending cooperation in power engineering by connecting
    electricity supply networks of the region and promote synchronization
    of functioning of electricity supply networks of East and West Europe,
    coordinated developing of transport corridors around the Black Sea,
    particularly, highways.

    An agreement was reached at the meeting about close cooperation of
    the Russian foreign ministry and the secretariat in implementing
    action scheduled for Russia's chairmanship in the Organization for
    Black Sea Economic Cooperation.
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