Serzh Sargsyan: Commodity turnover between Armenia and Russia grew
several times over last 5-7 years

2008-03-07 17:24:00

ArmInfo. ‘Armenian-Russian relations have rich past, very good present,
and I am sure, rich future’, Prime Minister of Armenia, Leader of the
Republican Party of Armenia Serzh Sagrsyan says in an interview with
Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

Serzh Sargsyan stressed that the commodity turnover between Armenia and
Russia grew several times over the last 5-7 years, rg.ru reports.
‘Russia is the key investor in Armenian economy. One of every three
dollars invested in our country by foreign partners is the share of
Russia’, he said. The Armenian premier stressed that leading Russian
companies operate in various sectors of Armenia’s economy. As regards
politics, S. Sargsyan says the bilateral relations in that sphere are
at the top level. He believes the political relations of the two
countries are based on strategic partnership meeting the interests of
both Moscow and Yerevan. Not only the political and economic spheres,
but also education and culture have potential for development, which
has not been used so far’, S. Sargsyan said.