RF VICE PRIME MINISTER PROMISED TO RETURN ARMENIAN APRICOTS TO RUSSIA

arminfo
2007-07-12 11:03:00

The first vice Prime Minister of RF Sergey Ivanov indicated necessity
of organizing a ferry transportation of apricots from Armenia to
Russia through the Georgian Poti port and the Russian "Caucasus". "We
have promised and we should redeem the promise" , S. Ivanov said at
yesterday’s session of the Naval Board.

During the April visit to Armenia, S. Ivanov discussed solution of
the transport problem with RA President Robert Kocharyan and Prime
Minister Serzh Sargsyan as to increase the goods turnover between
the two countries.

The matter concerned assurance of summer transportation of 10,000
tons of the Armenian apricots to Russia. As Ivanov said, " it is very
important to organize an uninterrupted delivery of apricots within
July". "We understand seasonality and importance of assuring the
export of apricots, which are in great demand in the Russian market",
Ivanov told the Armenian interlocutors.

They also agreed to pay more attention to assurance of security of
the railway ferry between the Russian "Caucasus" and the Georgian
"Poti" ports, by which cargo is conveyed from Armenia and back. Serzh
Sargsyan thinks that Russia and Armenia should work over improvement
of the motor-container ferry carriages as well, as there are freights
in Armenia which are not subject to railway transportation, the
ITAR-TASS reports.