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BELARUS AND ARMENIA TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER IN THE INTERNATIONAL ARENA
ARMENPRESS
Feb 24, 2009
MINSK, FEBRUARY 24, ARMENPRESS: Belarus and Armenia will continue
supporting each other in the international arena, the Speaker of House
of Representatives of Belarus parliament Vladimir Andreychenko said
during the meeting with the delegation of Armenian parliamentarians
which is headed by the vice speaker of Armenian parliament Hrayr
Karapetian.
"The Armenian people have always sympathized with Belarus,-
Andreychenko noted. -The two sides have traditionally supported each
other in international institutions. You can always expect such a
support from Belarus".
Vladimir Andreychenko positively assessed the existence of developed
agreement-legal base of Belarus and Armenian relations, as well as
the activity of Armenian-Belarus inter-parliamentary commission the
session of which today took place in Minsk.
Together with it the speaker of Belarus parliament considered it
important "to move forward". Particularly he stressed the importance
of improvement of the activity of profile commissions of legislative
bodies of the two countries.
"Besides that our trade-economic relations have stayed back from
the political one",- Andreychenko noted reminding that last year the
trade turnover between Belarus and Armenia reached 28 million USD.
Speaker of the House of Representatives of Belarus parliament draw
attention of the perspectives of development of cooperation in the
spheres of road construction, providing agricultural equipments
and agro materials. Besides that the speaker suggested expansion of
import of alcohol drinks, especially Armenian brandy from Armenia
to Belarus. On his turn Hrayr Karapetian suggested that the sides
exchange lists of members of delegations in international parliamentary
institutions.
The Armenian side also made an initiative to organize Armenian-Belarus
summit aiming at development of wide scale cooperation between the
regions of two countries.
ARMENPRESS
Feb 24, 2009
MINSK, FEBRUARY 24, ARMENPRESS: Belarus and Armenia will continue
supporting each other in the international arena, the Speaker of House
of Representatives of Belarus parliament Vladimir Andreychenko said
during the meeting with the delegation of Armenian parliamentarians
which is headed by the vice speaker of Armenian parliament Hrayr
Karapetian.
"The Armenian people have always sympathized with Belarus,-
Andreychenko noted. -The two sides have traditionally supported each
other in international institutions. You can always expect such a
support from Belarus".
Vladimir Andreychenko positively assessed the existence of developed
agreement-legal base of Belarus and Armenian relations, as well as
the activity of Armenian-Belarus inter-parliamentary commission the
session of which today took place in Minsk.
Together with it the speaker of Belarus parliament considered it
important "to move forward". Particularly he stressed the importance
of improvement of the activity of profile commissions of legislative
bodies of the two countries.
"Besides that our trade-economic relations have stayed back from
the political one",- Andreychenko noted reminding that last year the
trade turnover between Belarus and Armenia reached 28 million USD.
Speaker of the House of Representatives of Belarus parliament draw
attention of the perspectives of development of cooperation in the
spheres of road construction, providing agricultural equipments
and agro materials. Besides that the speaker suggested expansion of
import of alcohol drinks, especially Armenian brandy from Armenia
to Belarus. On his turn Hrayr Karapetian suggested that the sides
exchange lists of members of delegations in international parliamentary
institutions.
The Armenian side also made an initiative to organize Armenian-Belarus
summit aiming at development of wide scale cooperation between the
regions of two countries.