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September 21, 2013 Saturday 09:23 PM GMT+4
Putin congratulates Armenian people, president on Independence Day
MOSCOW September 21
- President Vladimir Putin on Saturday, September 21, congratulated
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and the people of Armenia on
Independence Day.
In his message, Putin lauded Armenia's progress in solving
socioeconomic, scientific, technical and cultural tasks and noted the
growing authority of the country in international affairs.
The president stressed that Russian-Armenian relations had deep
historical roots, had grown into allied partnership and continued to
develop further.
Putin also expressed confidence that together Russia and Armenia would
be able to further strengthen their relations and expand cooperation
in various multilateral formats, including in the context of Armenia's
accession to the Customs Union created by Belarus, Kazakhstan and
Russia.
Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan said earlier that Russia and
Armenia cooperated 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.
He stressed that Russia plays a key role in ensuring Armenia's
security and has a leading position in its economy.
"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 2012 was about 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.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
September 21, 2013 Saturday 09:23 PM GMT+4
Putin congratulates Armenian people, president on Independence Day
MOSCOW September 21
- President Vladimir Putin on Saturday, September 21, congratulated
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and the people of Armenia on
Independence Day.
In his message, Putin lauded Armenia's progress in solving
socioeconomic, scientific, technical and cultural tasks and noted the
growing authority of the country in international affairs.
The president stressed that Russian-Armenian relations had deep
historical roots, had grown into allied partnership and continued to
develop further.
Putin also expressed confidence that together Russia and Armenia would
be able to further strengthen their relations and expand cooperation
in various multilateral formats, including in the context of Armenia's
accession to the Customs Union created by Belarus, Kazakhstan and
Russia.
Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan said earlier that Russia and
Armenia cooperated 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.
He stressed that Russia plays a key role in ensuring Armenia's
security and has a leading position in its economy.
"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 2012 was about 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.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress