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  • RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan Received A High-Level Georgian Del

    RA PRIME MINISTER TIGRAN SARGSYAN RECEIVED A HIGH-LEVEL GEORGIAN DELEGATION LED BY SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT DAVID BAKRADZE

    http://www.gov.am/en/news/item/4481/
    Tue sday, 24 February 2009

    The parties agreed in that the strengthening of cooperation between
    Armenia's and Georgia's legislative authorities will help expand
    bilateral economic relationship and will provide for more pro-active
    interaction between the two governments. The availability of a
    solid legal framework between the two countries was said to be
    conducive to speedy and effective realization of those high-level
    arrangements reached between the two Presidents, as well as for the
    implementation of a number of decisions passed by the intergovernmental
    commission. "We are interested in having sustained and constantly
    developing bilateral political and economic relationships. What
    is good for Armenia's economics, so it is for Georgia and for the
    regional cooperation as a whole," Davis Bakradze said and went on to
    assure of Georgian Parliament's readiness to back the development of
    economic ties.

    The Armenian Prime Minister and the Georgian Speaker of Parliament
    underscored the importance of the ADB-supported construction of a
    north-south highway through to Batumi, which is supposed to have
    an anti-crisis bias with several new jobs and infrastructures to
    be created.

    The parties also spoke about the establishment of a unified
    customs-house based on int ernational expertise. A corresponding
    concept is already out and there is a need in expediting this
    process. David Bakradze promised to keep the issue under control and
    promote the implementation of the agreement reached between the two
    Presidents as much as possible.

    During the meeting, Tigran Sargsyan raised the sensitive issue of St.

    Norashen Armenian church of Tbilisi which was said due to be given a
    legislative decision on the part of Georgian authorities. The Prime
    Minister asked the Georgian Speaker about the problem's current status
    and Mr. Bakradze's vision of its possible resolution. David Bakradze
    noted that the State of Georgia is prepared to endorse any decision
    made on the basis of a church-to-church dialog. He stressed that
    Georgian authorities are interested in tackling the issue without
    politicizing it and expressed conviction that Armenia is as much
    interested in it.

    Then the interlocutors referred to the ongoing work on delimitation
    and demarcation of the Armenian-Georgian borderline and stressed the
    need for involving corresponding experts on either side in order to
    step up this process.

    The head of the Armenian government and the Georgian speaker of
    Parliament highlighted the importance of both sides' abiding by
    an unbiased stance in key foreign policy issues which is crucial
    not only in terms of building on the ties of friendship between the
    two countries, but also in terms of pr omoting peace, stability and
    security in the region.
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