ANDRANIK MARGARIAN: “DEVELOPMENT OF ARMENIAN-SYRIAN RELATIONS IS VERY
IMPORTANT IN NEAR-EASTERN POLICY OF ARMENIA”

YEREVAN, August 6 (Noyan Tapan). Stimulation of many-sided
Armenian-Syrian relations is very important in the Near-Eastern policy
of Armenia. Andranik Margarian, RA Prime Minister, declared this while
receiving the delegation of the Syrian Arab Republic headed by Hasan
Al-Rifai, the Minister of Economy and Trade of Syria, the Co-Chairman
of the Armenian-Syrian inter-governmental economic commission. The
Prime Minister emphasized that though from the time of establishment
of diplomatic relations the sides made efforts for development of
trade-economic and scientific-cultural relations and for raising of
economic relations to the level of the political ones, nevertheless
the economic relations between 2 countries can’t be considered
satisfactory by now. Hasan Al-Rifai represented the course of the work
of the second sitting of the inter-governmental economic commission to
the head of the Armenian government mentioning that a number of
important agreements in the sphere of healthcare, communication and
telecommunication, tourism and other spheres were signed as a result
of it. He mentioned the intention of the Syrian side to establish a
special working group, which will follow the fulfilment of these
agreements. According to the governmetal Press Service, during the
meeting the sides expressed a hope that the forthcoming visit of Naju
Utri, the Prime Minister of Syria, to Armenia will give an additional
impuls to development of relations between 2 countries.