KAZAKH-ARMENIAN BODY DISCUSSES ECONOMIC TIES AHEAD OF PRESIDENT’S VISIT

Interfax, Russia
Nov 6 2006

Astana, 5 November. The second sitting of the Kazakh-Armenian
commission on trade and economic cooperation is being held in Astana
today.

The Kazakh side is represented by Kazakh Deputy Foreign Minister Nurlan
Onzhanov and the Armenian side by Deputy Agriculture Minister Samvel
Avetisyan, a report circulated by the Kazakh Foreign Ministry said.

The meeting is being held without media’s participation. A news
conference is expected to be held in the afternoon, following the
talks.

The bilateral commission is holding the meeting on the eve of Armenian
President Robert Kocharyan’s visit to Kazakhstan. Kocharyan is arriving
in Kazakhstan on 6 November. His talks with Kazakh President Nursultan
Nazarbayev are to be held the same day. A number of bilateral documents
are to be signed and a joint news conference of the two countries’
leaders is to take place following the talks.