Russia PM meets Armenia president

ITAR-TASS, Russia
May 14 2004

MOSCOW, May 13 (Itar-Tass) – – Russia is ready to discuss all the
topics on the agenda of Russia-Armenian relations, Russian Prime
Minister Mikhail Fradkov said, opening a meeting with Armenian
President Robert Kocharyan. “Our relations are developing in all
directions,” he said.

The Armenian president arrived in Moscow for a three-day working
visit. “A discussion of issues of bilateral relations from the
point of view of the implementation of the agreements reached
at Russian-Armenian summit meetings and determination of new
possibilities of deepening cooperation will be in the focus of
attention of Russian-Armenian talks,” a highly placed source in the
Kremlin administration told Itar-Tass.

According to the source, in particular, the sides are to “consider
ways of strengthening economic relations, issues of interaction in the
field of energy, transport, investments, and real sector of economy
where Russian interests are weightily represented in the fiscal sphere
and key industries.”