ARKA News Agency, Armenia
Oct 13 2005

ARMENIAN-RUSSIAN INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMISSION ON COOPERATION IS THE MOST IMPORTANT RELATIONS MECHANISM BETWEEN TWO COUNTRIES

YEREVAN, October 13. /ARKA/. The Armenian-Russian intergovernmental
commission on cooperation is the most important relations mechanism
between two countries, the RA President Robert Kocharyan stated
during the meeting with the Russian Co-Chair of the Armenian-Russian
intergovernmental commission on economic and scientific-technical
cooperation Igor Levitin, according to the RA PREsident’s Press
Service. According to the press release, programs on cooperation were
discussed in the course of the meting, and the issues of development
of energy and transport communications were paid special attention.

With regard to re-launching the Abkhaz part of the Georgian railway,
it was noted that the state of the railway and factors necessary
for the reconstruction of the railway are being studied as well as
possibilities of trilateral participation (Russia -Georgia -Armenia)
in the construction work. According to Kocharyan, the re-launching of
the railway will provide new opportunities for cooperation. The sides
touched upon the issue of re-launching of the Armenian enterprises
passed to Russia in the framework of Property for Debt Program.

According to Levitin, the Russian side is also interested in the
quickest re-launching of the enterprises, and a special work group
is formed for this purpose.