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RUSSIA, ARMENIA PRESIDENTS TO HAVE NEGOTIATIONS IN MOSCOW
ITAR-TASS
Oct 24 2011
Russia
The negotiations between Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and visiting
Armenian counterpart Serzh Sargsyan will highlight the first state
visit of the Armenian president in Russia.
"The negotiations, which will be held at first in a narrow and then an
enlarged format in the Kremlin, will focus on a broad range of topical
issues of bilateral cooperation, the prospects in the development of
the political dialogue and trade and economic cooperation, as well
as several topical issues on the international agenda," the Russian
presidential press service told Itar-Tass.
"A major package of intergovernmental and interdepartmental agreements
in humanitarian and youth exchanges, health care, economy and foreign
political issues will be signed as a result of the negotiations,"
the Kremlin press service said.
The press service noted that "the development of cooperation
in international issues is the top priority in Russian-Armenian
relations."
"The Nagorno Karabakh situation is high on the agenda of the
negotiations," the press service recalled. "Russia, which co-chairs
the OSCE Minsk Group, does not reduce its mediating efforts seeking
for the basic principles of the Nagorno Karabakh peace process to be
negotiated," the Kremlin press service said.
Meanwhile, Moscow and Yerevan cooperate closely in the integration
formats in the CIS, including the Collective Security Treaty
Organization, negotiate the key issues of international politics,
including European and regional security, in bilateral format and
within major multilateral formats - the UN, OSCE, the Council of
Europe, the Organization of Black Sea Economic Cooperation and others.
The program of Sargsyan's three-day visit in Moscow envisages the
negotiations with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Speakers of the
Federation Council and the State Duma Valentina Matviyenko and Boris
Gryzlov, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin. He will also deliver a speech
at the Moscow State University.
On Sunday, Sargsyan attended a ceremony of blessing and consecrating
the crosses on a new Armenian cathedral, which is under construction
at the crossroads of Trifonovskaya Street and Olympiisky Avenue.
The Kremlin noted consistent development of interstate relations that
is mainly based on regular contacts at the top level. Medvedev and
Sargsyan had nine meetings in bilateral events or at international
summits for the last two years. Meanwhile, the presidents had five
meetings in the trilateral format with Azerbaijani President Ilham
Aliyev.
Russia is a key foreign economic partner and foreign investor for
Armenia. The bilateral trade reached about 860 million dollars in 2010
and amounted to 487.7 million dollars in January-July 2011 that is
15.2% higher against the same period in the previous year. "According
to the current forecasts, the trade will exceed the pre-crisis level
(899.9 million dollars in 2008) this year," the Kremlin believes.
Since 1991 Russian investments in Armenia exceeded 2.8 billion
dollars. The number of enterprises with Russian stake totals about
1,300 that is more than a fourth of all Armenian companies with the
foreign capital.
Major joint projects in such priority energy sectors as gas, electric
power and nuclear industries are being implemented successfully.
ITAR-TASS
Oct 24 2011
Russia
The negotiations between Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and visiting
Armenian counterpart Serzh Sargsyan will highlight the first state
visit of the Armenian president in Russia.
"The negotiations, which will be held at first in a narrow and then an
enlarged format in the Kremlin, will focus on a broad range of topical
issues of bilateral cooperation, the prospects in the development of
the political dialogue and trade and economic cooperation, as well
as several topical issues on the international agenda," the Russian
presidential press service told Itar-Tass.
"A major package of intergovernmental and interdepartmental agreements
in humanitarian and youth exchanges, health care, economy and foreign
political issues will be signed as a result of the negotiations,"
the Kremlin press service said.
The press service noted that "the development of cooperation
in international issues is the top priority in Russian-Armenian
relations."
"The Nagorno Karabakh situation is high on the agenda of the
negotiations," the press service recalled. "Russia, which co-chairs
the OSCE Minsk Group, does not reduce its mediating efforts seeking
for the basic principles of the Nagorno Karabakh peace process to be
negotiated," the Kremlin press service said.
Meanwhile, Moscow and Yerevan cooperate closely in the integration
formats in the CIS, including the Collective Security Treaty
Organization, negotiate the key issues of international politics,
including European and regional security, in bilateral format and
within major multilateral formats - the UN, OSCE, the Council of
Europe, the Organization of Black Sea Economic Cooperation and others.
The program of Sargsyan's three-day visit in Moscow envisages the
negotiations with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Speakers of the
Federation Council and the State Duma Valentina Matviyenko and Boris
Gryzlov, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin. He will also deliver a speech
at the Moscow State University.
On Sunday, Sargsyan attended a ceremony of blessing and consecrating
the crosses on a new Armenian cathedral, which is under construction
at the crossroads of Trifonovskaya Street and Olympiisky Avenue.
The Kremlin noted consistent development of interstate relations that
is mainly based on regular contacts at the top level. Medvedev and
Sargsyan had nine meetings in bilateral events or at international
summits for the last two years. Meanwhile, the presidents had five
meetings in the trilateral format with Azerbaijani President Ilham
Aliyev.
Russia is a key foreign economic partner and foreign investor for
Armenia. The bilateral trade reached about 860 million dollars in 2010
and amounted to 487.7 million dollars in January-July 2011 that is
15.2% higher against the same period in the previous year. "According
to the current forecasts, the trade will exceed the pre-crisis level
(899.9 million dollars in 2008) this year," the Kremlin believes.
Since 1991 Russian investments in Armenia exceeded 2.8 billion
dollars. The number of enterprises with Russian stake totals about
1,300 that is more than a fourth of all Armenian companies with the
foreign capital.
Major joint projects in such priority energy sectors as gas, electric
power and nuclear industries are being implemented successfully.