SARGSYAN TO MEET WITH PUTIN

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[06:45 pm] 26 February, 2009

On February 27 Armenian PM Tigran Sargsyan will pay a one-day working
visit to the Russian Federation. The delegation led by the Armenian PM
includes Finance Minister Tigran Davtyan, Energy and Natural Resources
Minister Armen Movsisyan, Transport and Communication Minister Gurgen
Sargsyan, Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharyan, Chief of staff
of the RA Government David Sargsyan, Deputy Head of the RA Central
Bank Vache Gabrielyan, as well as other officials of the RA Government
and RA Foreign Affairs Ministry.

During the working visit Armenian PM Tigran Sargsyan will meet with
his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, Russian Transport Minister,
co-chair of the Armenian-Russian inter-governmental commission on
economic cooperation Igor Levitin, Head of the Central Bank of Russia
Sergey Ignatev and businessmen. Tigran Sargsyan will also pay a visit
to the Armenian Embassy of Russia.

Among issues on the agenda of the talks are issues relating to the
decisions made during the inter-governmental commission’s last meeting
in October, execution of agreements, further strengthening of trade
between both countries and cooperation in a number of perspective
fields.