SERGEI IVANOV TO LEAVE FOR ARMENIA WEDNESDAY
ITAR-TASS News Agency, Russia
April 9, 2007 Monday
First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov is leaving for Armenia
for a working visit. "We shall discuss with Armenian President
Robert Kocharian and Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian some problems of
investment cooperation, nuclear power engineering and the fulfilment
of agreements in the sphere of gas deliveries," Ivanov said at a
meeting in the Kremlin on Monday. "We shall pay special attention
to the transport infrastructure, specifically, the Caucasus-Poti
ferry communication."
According to his information, a new ferry was purchased recently,
which would be put in operation soon. "So, we shall at last set
up regular full-scale transport communication with Armenia," he
stressed. "Besides, we are going to discuss some aspects of military
and military-technical cooperation."
Ivanov arrives in Yerevan for a two-day working visit on Wednesday,
Itar-Tass correspondent Tigran Liloyan reports from Yerevan. A
programme of the trip includes a visit to the school belonging to the
Russian Defence Ministry, where children of Russian servicemen study,
a representative of the Russian embassy in Armenia said.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, reporting the results of
his visit to Yerevan last week, said that the Armenian authorities
had welcomed Russia’s decision to take part in the monitoring of
parliamentary elections in Armenia.
Lavrov said he had had a meeting with President Robert Kocharian.
"He is very much pleased with the way the agreements, reached early
this year are being fulfilled, including those dealing with trade and
economic cooperation, as well as with the directions of political
cooperation, specifically within the framework of CIS and of the
Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO)," Lavrov said.
According to Lavrov, he coordinated with Armenian officials during
the visit preparations for a meeting of the CIS Council of Foreign
Ministers, due to be held in Astana this month.