Russia govt submits to State Duma agreements with Armenia, Yemen

ITAR-TASS News Agency
May 5, 2005 Thursday 9:34 AM Eastern Time

MOSCOW, May 5 — The Russian government has endorsed and submitted
for the ratification to the State Duma lower house of parliament the
agreements with the governments of Armenia and Yemen on encouraging
and mutual protection of capital investments, the government press
service reported on Thursday, says PRIME-Tass.

Russia’s agreement with Armenia was signed in Yerevan on September
15, 2001. The agreement with Yemen was signed in Moscow on December
17, 2002.

According to the April 29 resolutions, Maxim Medvedkov, the director
of the trade negotiations department of the Ministry of Economic
Development and Trade, was appointed the official representative of
the Russian government at the discussion of the ratification of both
agreements by the houses of the Federal Assembly.