ARMENIAN PRIME MINISTER LEAVES FOR MOSCOW FOR ONE-DAY VISIT IN ORDER TO MEET WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN AND RUSSIAN BUSINESSMEN

Noyan Tapan

Dec 4, 2008

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 4, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian prime minister Tigran
Sargsyan will pay a one-day visit to Russia on December 5. During
the visit, he will meet with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin,
and a meeting of the Armenian prime minister with businessmen will
take place in the Armenian embassy in Moscow. Announcing this at
the December 4 briefing, the RA deputy foreign minister Shavarsh
Kocharian said that the main subject of the discussions will be the
international financial crisis and the joint efforts to overcome its
possible negative consequences. In response to a reporter’s question
about whether the Property for Debt program and the issue of opening
Upper Lars crossing point will be discussed, S. Kocharian replied:"
I think that these problems we are concerned about will be discussed
without fail".

In his words, "the relations with our straregic ally Russia have
their proper place in Armenia’s multivectorial, balanced policy". He
expressed satisfaction that Armenian-Russian relations are developing
dynamically, especially in recent period, which has been reflected
in meetings at the highest level, which have become frequent.