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RUSSIAN-ARMENIAN INTER-REGIONAL EXHIBITION OPENS IN YEREVAN
ITAR-TASS, Russia
December 3, 2013 Tuesday 07:41 PM GMT+4
YEREVAN December 3
- A Russian-Armenian inter-regional exhibition opened in the
Armenian capital Yerevan on Tuesday. The exposition featuring the
achievements of 19 Russian regions has become part of a programme
of the Russian-Armenian inter-regional forum, which the Russian and
Armenian presidents opened a day earlier, on December 2.
"It has already become a tradition to hold inter-regional forums,
exhibitions and presentations," Armenian Prime Minister Tigran
Sarkisyan said at the exhibition's opening ceremony.
"They form a vital part in a system of inter-state relations. They
supplement the activities of an inter-governmental commission for
economic cooperation and contribute to implementation of previous
high-level agreements reached by the leaders of the two countries,"
Sarkisyan went on to say.
Armenia has concluded about 70 agreements with 20 Russian regions.
Some of them have been signed with the Armenian government, Sarkisyan
who chairs the Armenian side of the inter-governmental commission,
said. He believed that the two countries had considerable potential
to improve those ties.
"At this stage, we should focus on expanding the geography of
cooperation and improving its legal foundation, on the one hand, and
raising the efficiency of inter-regional ties and efforts exerted to
achieve that on the other hand," Sarkisyan went on to say.
Forums, exhibitions and presentations should contribute to establishing
business contacts which should be crowned with concrete agreements and
joint projects. The Armenian prime minister assumes that small-sized
and medium-sized businesses should take advantage of the new projects
and agreements.
"The Customs Union membership as well as our economic ties with the
European Union and the Middle East states can give an additional
boost to business activities and investments in the Armenianeconomy,"
Sarkisyan said.
The Armenian prime minister hoped that the exhibition would contribute
to the solution of many tasks and further rapprochement and integration
of the two countries' economies.
Russian Transport Minister Maksim Sokolov, the head of the Russian
side of the Inter-Governmental Commission, said the governors of eight
Russian regions were attending the regional exhibition in Yerevan. In
his view, that proved the efficiency of Russian-Armenian regional
cooperation and the two countries' attention to inter-regional ties.
ITAR-TASS, Russia
December 3, 2013 Tuesday 07:41 PM GMT+4
YEREVAN December 3
- A Russian-Armenian inter-regional exhibition opened in the
Armenian capital Yerevan on Tuesday. The exposition featuring the
achievements of 19 Russian regions has become part of a programme
of the Russian-Armenian inter-regional forum, which the Russian and
Armenian presidents opened a day earlier, on December 2.
"It has already become a tradition to hold inter-regional forums,
exhibitions and presentations," Armenian Prime Minister Tigran
Sarkisyan said at the exhibition's opening ceremony.
"They form a vital part in a system of inter-state relations. They
supplement the activities of an inter-governmental commission for
economic cooperation and contribute to implementation of previous
high-level agreements reached by the leaders of the two countries,"
Sarkisyan went on to say.
Armenia has concluded about 70 agreements with 20 Russian regions.
Some of them have been signed with the Armenian government, Sarkisyan
who chairs the Armenian side of the inter-governmental commission,
said. He believed that the two countries had considerable potential
to improve those ties.
"At this stage, we should focus on expanding the geography of
cooperation and improving its legal foundation, on the one hand, and
raising the efficiency of inter-regional ties and efforts exerted to
achieve that on the other hand," Sarkisyan went on to say.
Forums, exhibitions and presentations should contribute to establishing
business contacts which should be crowned with concrete agreements and
joint projects. The Armenian prime minister assumes that small-sized
and medium-sized businesses should take advantage of the new projects
and agreements.
"The Customs Union membership as well as our economic ties with the
European Union and the Middle East states can give an additional
boost to business activities and investments in the Armenianeconomy,"
Sarkisyan said.
The Armenian prime minister hoped that the exhibition would contribute
to the solution of many tasks and further rapprochement and integration
of the two countries' economies.
Russian Transport Minister Maksim Sokolov, the head of the Russian
side of the Inter-Governmental Commission, said the governors of eight
Russian regions were attending the regional exhibition in Yerevan. In
his view, that proved the efficiency of Russian-Armenian regional
cooperation and the two countries' attention to inter-regional ties.