UKRAINE SPEAKER MEETS ARMENIA AMBASSADOR

NRCU – Ukrainian Radio
Jan 23 2009
Ukraine

Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn has
met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Armenia to
Ukraine Armen Khachatrian at the latter’s request, the parliamentary
press service reported.

The parties discussed a wide range of questions of bilateral
cooperation, including at the parliamentary level. The ambassador
noted that the Ukraine – Armenia relations in political and economic
areas are developing dynamically. Particularly, the bilateral trade
turnover nearly decupled in the past five years. In his turn, Lytvyn
assured that Ukraine highly appreciates the current level of bilateral
economic cooperation. In his words, Ukraine and Armenia must employ
their potential in this area in a full volume. In this context, the
Ukrainian Parliament Speaker pointed out the importance of exchanging
know-how in damping the aftermath of the finance and economy crisis,
and consolidation of the two countries’ efforts on the issue. The
parties also discussed interparliamentary cooperation at all levels,
including at international parliamentary organizations, and called
for its extension and intensification.