2006 WAS MARKED BY EFFECTIVE COOPERATION BETWEEN ARMENIA AND GEORGIA

PanARMENIAN.Net
09.01.2007 15:39 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ In 2006 the Armenian-Georgian relations were
marked by effective cooperation in the spheres of economy, energy,
transportation, agriculture and tourism, says the RA Foreign Ministry
annual report on Armenian foreign activities in 2006.

"A number of visits have taken place between Armenia and
Georgia on high level, actively was working the Armenian-Georgian
intergovernmental economic cooperation commission. In the sphere of
economy continues the construction of Power Transmission Line-400. In
the field of transportation an agreement was reached on transporting
Armenian products through Georgian territory by preferential tariffs
during 2007. The demarcation works of Armenian-Georgian 110-km
borderline are over, and the work in this direction is still going
on." says the document.

As is mentioned in the report, during the last year the Armenian and
Georgian Foreign Ministries continued active cooperation in political
issues. During January and June bilateral visits the foreign ministers
of the two countries discussed issues of cooperation in international
structures, coordination of positions in the sphere of regional
conflicts and the possibilities to deepen the relationship towards
European integration. In 2006 the issues of Kars-Akhalkalaki-Tbilisi
railway and the situation in Samtskhe-Javakheti region, where Armenian
population makes up majority, were at the center of attention of the
Armenian Foreign Ministry.