RIA OREANDA , Russia
Economic Press Review
May 7, 2004 Friday
Russia-Armenia Cooperation Issues Be Discussed in Samara
SAMARA
On May 14, 2004 the Federation Council of the RF Federal Assembly
and the National Assembly of Armenia will hold the international
conference Interregional Russia-Armenia Cooperation: State and
Prospects . It is expected that the following officials will
participate in the Conference: Sergey Mironov, the RF Federation
Council Chairman, Artur Baghdasaryan, Chairman of the National
Assembly of the Republic of Armenia, members of the RF Federation
Council, the RF State Duma and the National Assembly of Armenia. The
conference participants will consider process of implementation of
the long-term Program for economic cooperation between two states
till 2010 and touch upon the problems of coordination of legislation
of both countries. Notably, the choice of the Samara region for
conference holding is not random- at the present moment the Samara
region is in the lead among the Russian regions in the trade turnover
with Armenia and above all, almost 70 thousand Armenians live in
Samara and the Samara region.