SITTING OF THE ARMENIAN-RUSSIAN INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMISSION LAUNCHES IN YEREVAN
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20.10.2008 15:05
The sitting of the Armenian-Russian Intergovernmental Commission on
Issues of Economic Cooperation between the Republic of Armenia and
the Russian Federation started at "Metropol" Hotel today. Before the
sitting would start, Co-Chairs of the Commission – Prime Minister of
Armenia Tigran Sargsyan and Transport Minister of Russia Igor Levitin
– had a face-to face meeting. Later the Co-Chairs participated in
the opening of the 10th plenary sitting of the Intergovernmental
Commission. In his speech Co-Chair of the Commission, RA Prime Minister
Tigran Sargsyan said, in part:
"The first sitting of the Commission that took place in Yerevan on
July 1st, 1997, marked a new stage of economic cooperation between
our countries.
The following years showed that we have an opportunity to both solve
the existing problems and issues, and determine the perspectives of
our long-term cooperation and discover new directions.
Today we can state with satisfaction that stable traditions of
activity of the Intergovernmental Commission have been shaped. The
Co-Chairs hold periodic meetings, which is important for coordinating
the activity of the Commission between the sittings.
I’m sure that today’s sitting will become the logical continuation
of the way passed over the past ten years and will provide an opport
unity to solve issues of reciprocal interest.
The current 10th sitting of the Commission is important also because
it takes place on the eve of the visit of the President of Russia
Dmirtry Medvedev to Armenia, and I hope that the results of our work
will be positively assessed by the leaders of our countries."
Co-Chairs of the Armenian-Russian Intergovernmental commission, Russian
Transport Minister Igor Levitin first thanked for warm welcome and
noted: "The economic cooperation between our countries continues
developing and it’s natural to hope that the bilateral commodity
turnover may reach $1 billion this year. It’s not the upper limit,
we have more ambitious programs in the long-term perspective, and I’d
like to say that the Armenian-Russian Intergovernmental Commission
fairly plays a great role in the cooperation of our economic and
business sectors.
I would like to thank experts of both Russian and Armenian sides for
the productive activity of our Commission, as well as representatives
of businesses, who help develop relations between our countries."
The participants of the sitting discussed and adopted decisions on
the process of accomplishment of the protocol of the 9th sitting
of the Armenian-Russian Intergovernmental Commission on Issues of
Economic Cooperation between the Republic of Armenia and the Russian
Federation held on September 14, 2007, the trade-economic relations
between the 0D two countries, the current state and perspectives of
the contractual-legal basis, cooperation in the fields of fuel and
energy system, transport and ecology.
At the end of the sitting Tigran Sargsyan and Igor Levitin signed
the Protocol of the 10th sitting of the Intergovernmental Commission,
following which the Co-Chairs gave a joint press conference.