RIA Novosti, Russia
Sept 24 2004

ARMENIA AND RUSSIA RESTORE SCIENTIFIC LINKS

YEREVAN, September 24, (RIA Novosti’s Gamlet Matevosyan) –
Prime-Minister of Armenia Andranik Markaryan received on Friday a
delegation of academic institutions of higher learning of the South
Federal District of Russia led by President of the Southern research
center of the Russian Academy of Sciences academician Gennady
Matischev. As RIA Novosti was told on Friday at the public relations
and press department of the Armenian government’s staff, during the
meeting Markaryan highlighted the necessity of restoring scientific
links between Armenia and Russia, promoting cooperation in social
sciences and, in particular, in the sphere of the regional policy
research.

Markaryan pointed out a great significance of the agreement signed in
June of this year between the Armenian National Academy of Sciences
and the Southern research center of the Russian Academy of Sciences
on cooperation in the field of science and technologies, in
particular in astrophysics, power engineering, the study of the
ecological state of the Armenian lake Sevan and the restoration of
life in it, as well as creating an efficient computation system.

In his turn, Matischev noted that directions and trends in the
development of science and technologies in the two states coincide,
which makes it possible to set feasible tasks and solve them
efficiently.

The prime minister confirmed the Armenian government’s readiness to
promote links between the research centers of the two states and
stressed that the Armenian-Russian non-governmental commission for
economic cooperation would be of great help in this.