RA MINISTER OF ECONOMY RECEIVED UKRAINIAN AMBASSADOR

RIA Oreanda
Economic News
October 8, 2008 Wednesday
Russia

Yerevan. OREANDA-NEWS On 08 October was announced, that the RA Minister
of Economy Nerses Yeritsyan received Oleksandr Bojko, the Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Armenia.

At the beginning of the meeting, Mr. Ambassador thanked Mr. Minister
for worm welcome and said that the current relations between Armenia
and Ukraine are based on dynamically developing trade and economic
cooperation.

Mr. Bojko stressed the main purpose of his visit – which was the
preliminary discussion for the arrangement of the Armenian presidents
first official visit to Ukraine and formation of Armenia-Ukrainian
intergovernmental commission. He also mentioned that it is possible to
use the opportunity and organize the Armenian-Ukrainian Business Forum.

The Ambassador informed the Minister Yeritsyan, that Ukraine is
interested in development of comprehensive relations with neighbourly
countries, as well as the establishment of the climate of trust and
mutual understanding.

During the meeting Minister Yeritsyan presented to Mr. Bojko the
five governmental wide-national programmes and informed about the
first steps on the way of realization of these programmes. During
the meeting the sides focused there attention on the development of
bilateral mutual advantageous cooperation. Nerses Yeritsyan marked
the IT, agriculture, mining and chemical spheres.

At the end of the meeting both sides expressed willingness to lift
up the level of the Armenian-Ukrainian relations on the new, more
active level of the commercial and economic ties.