EDUARD ROSSEL SUGGESTED FOUNDING ARMENIAN TRADE CENTER IN SVERDLOVSK REGION

PanArmenian News
March 22 2005

22.03.2005 07:11

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian Prime Minister Andranik Margarian has met
with Sverdlovsk Russian region Governor Eduard Rossel, the Press
Service of the Armenian Government reported. In the course of the
meeting Margarian noted that active cooperation between Armenia and
25 administrative subjects of Russia was established recently,
agreements between the Governments of Armenia and Moscow, Leningrad,
Saratov, Astrakhan, Kirov regions and the Krasnodar territory are
signed. In his words, the commodity turnover between Armenia and
Russia grows constantly, also due to cooperation with the
administrative subjects. Eduard Rossel acquainted with the social and
economic situation in the Sverdlovsk region and development
prospects, noting that the region is the first one in Russia to
implement a long-term development program, one of its main components
being stimulation of cooperation with neighbor countries, including
Armenia and its regions. He suggested Armenia founding a trade center
in Sverdlovsk region, organizing an exhibition of the Armenian
production, creating joint ventures, as well as invited the Armenian
party to participate in an annual international economic forum.
Having accepted the Governor~Rs proposals, Mr. Margarian noted that
after the signing of the agreement it will be possible to use the
potential of the Commercial and Industrial Chambers of Armenia and
Russia, the Association of the Russian-Armenian Business Cooperation.
The interlocutors also noted that the Vladimir Putin~Rs coming visit
to Armenia and the official opening of the Year of Russia in Armenia
will be a new stimulus for further strengthening the Armenian-Russian
relations. At the completion of the meeting the parties signed a
Protocol on the outcomes of the visit of the Sverdlovsk delegation to
Yerevan, which notes the main directions of the commercial and
economic, industrial and humanitarian cooperation, as well as
emphasizes the need for signing an inter-governmental agreement for
the realization of the cooperation.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress