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October 12, 2012 Friday 07:47 AM GMT+4
Russian-Armenian commission to discuss economic cooperation
YEREVAN October 12
The Russian-Armenian inter-governmental commission on economic
cooperation will convene for its 14th meeting in Yeveran on Thursday,
October 12, to discuss the state of and prospects for relations
between the two countries.
The commission, co-chaired by Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan
and Russian Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov, will review the
implementation of the decisions adopted at the previous meeting, as
well as the state of and development of the legal framework for
bilateral trade and economic relations.
The agenda will also include cooperation in such fields as fuel and
energy, transport, communications and information technologies,
humanitarian projects and agriculture, healthcare, regional
cooperation, the Russian delegation said.
"Our countries cooperate most actively in all areas of interstate
relations without exception. Over the past years, Russian-Armenian
cooperation has developed into a rather complex and multifaceted
structure, and the inter-governmental commission is called upon to
service this structure," Sargsyan said.
In his opinion, the inter-governmental commission "is an effective
tool for taking inventory of cooperation and serves as a unique
platform for discussing promising areas of joint work".
The commission also "helps to adopt recommendations for the
implementation of joint programmes and projects and to control their
progress", the prime minister said.
He stressed that "the questions of science, education and culture are
also in the centre of the commission's attention".
Russia plays a key role in ensuring Armenia's security and has a
leading position in its economy, Sargsyan said earlier.
"Today Russia plays a key role in Armenia's security system and it
occupies a leading position in our economy," he said. "Russia is the
main investor in the Armenian economy, one of its main creditors and
one of the major foreign trade partners."
"We are interested to improve these relations further, which is fully
consistent with our national interests," the prime minister said.
"Over the past 20-odd years we have not only preserved the
centuries-old friendship between our peoples but we have also enriched
it with new content and raised it to a qualitatively new level,"
Sargsyan said, adding, "Strategic partnership between Armenia and
Russia has crowned this friendship".
"We give priority among others to diversification of economic
cooperation between our countries. We are convinced that intensive
interaction in sectors that build up innovation potential will give a
boost to our economic cooperation. This will also allow us to fill our
strategic partnership and allied relations between Russia and Armenia
with new substance," he said.
Trade turnover between Russia and Armenia in 2011 had reached one
billion U.S. dollars.
The two countries have good prospects in many sectors of the economy,
primarily in the energy sector, the power industry, atomic energy, and
many other serious projects.
There is also a big potential in joint development of the
agro-industrial sector in Armenia.
October 12, 2012 Friday 07:47 AM GMT+4
Russian-Armenian commission to discuss economic cooperation
YEREVAN October 12
The Russian-Armenian inter-governmental commission on economic
cooperation will convene for its 14th meeting in Yeveran on Thursday,
October 12, to discuss the state of and prospects for relations
between the two countries.
The commission, co-chaired by Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan
and Russian Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov, will review the
implementation of the decisions adopted at the previous meeting, as
well as the state of and development of the legal framework for
bilateral trade and economic relations.
The agenda will also include cooperation in such fields as fuel and
energy, transport, communications and information technologies,
humanitarian projects and agriculture, healthcare, regional
cooperation, the Russian delegation said.
"Our countries cooperate most actively in all areas of interstate
relations without exception. Over the past years, Russian-Armenian
cooperation has developed into a rather complex and multifaceted
structure, and the inter-governmental commission is called upon to
service this structure," Sargsyan said.
In his opinion, the inter-governmental commission "is an effective
tool for taking inventory of cooperation and serves as a unique
platform for discussing promising areas of joint work".
The commission also "helps to adopt recommendations for the
implementation of joint programmes and projects and to control their
progress", the prime minister said.
He stressed that "the questions of science, education and culture are
also in the centre of the commission's attention".
Russia plays a key role in ensuring Armenia's security and has a
leading position in its economy, Sargsyan said earlier.
"Today Russia plays a key role in Armenia's security system and it
occupies a leading position in our economy," he said. "Russia is the
main investor in the Armenian economy, one of its main creditors and
one of the major foreign trade partners."
"We are interested to improve these relations further, which is fully
consistent with our national interests," the prime minister said.
"Over the past 20-odd years we have not only preserved the
centuries-old friendship between our peoples but we have also enriched
it with new content and raised it to a qualitatively new level,"
Sargsyan said, adding, "Strategic partnership between Armenia and
Russia has crowned this friendship".
"We give priority among others to diversification of economic
cooperation between our countries. We are convinced that intensive
interaction in sectors that build up innovation potential will give a
boost to our economic cooperation. This will also allow us to fill our
strategic partnership and allied relations between Russia and Armenia
with new substance," he said.
Trade turnover between Russia and Armenia in 2011 had reached one
billion U.S. dollars.
The two countries have good prospects in many sectors of the economy,
primarily in the energy sector, the power industry, atomic energy, and
many other serious projects.
There is also a big potential in joint development of the
agro-industrial sector in Armenia.