TIGRAN TOROSIAN: INDEPENDENT OF REGIONAL PROCESSES THE ARMENIAN-SYRIAN
RELATIONS WILL DEVELOP IN A STABLE WAY

YEREVAN, August 5 (Noyan Tapan). The Armenian-Syrian relations will
develop in a stable way independent of the regional processes. Tigran
Torosian, RA NA Deputy Chairman, said about it on August 4, receiving
a delegation headed by Minister of Economy and Trade of Syria Hasan
Al-Rafai, Co-Chairman of the Armenian-Syrian Inter-Governmental
Economic Commission. He expressed hope that numerous agreements
reached between the two sides will be realized in the near future. He
also stressed the importance of the Armenian-Syrian Inter-Governmental
Commission on Economic Cooperation, which started its work in Yerevan
on August 3. Hasan Al-Rafai highly estimated the current level of the
Armenian-Syrian relations and expressed hope that the work of the
commission will be effective for the two sides. He stressed that the
Syrian side attaches great importance to the activities of the
Commission, that’s why a special commission, which will watch the
fulfillment of decisions of the Inter-Governmental Commission and the
concluded agreements, will be established in Syria. According to the
press service of the RA National Assembly, issues of the deepening of
business relations between Syria and Armenia, the activization of the
inter-parliamentary and inter-governmental relations, as well as
cooperation within the framework of international organizations were
discussed during the meeting.