ISSUES CONNECTED WITH FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF ARMENIAN-RUSSIAN COOPERATION DISCUSSED

ARMENPRESS
MAY 5, 2009
YEREVAN

Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received today the head of
Russian Foreign Intelligence Service Mikhail Fradkov.

Public relations department of Armenian Government told Armenpress
that issues connected with the further development of cooperation
between the sides have been discussed.

Tigran Sargsyan and Mikhail Fradkov agreed that such meetings and talks
which are regularly conducted within the frameworks of Armenian-Russian
strategic partnership and the exchange of thoughts on issues of
mutually interest help in focusing the attention on the political,
economic and security issues ongoing in the world, region and in the
two states with an intention to combat new challenges collaboratively,
find efficient ways out of the established situation as well as to
indicate the further directions of cooperation.

During the conversation the Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan also
presented the viewpoints of Armenia’s Government on the economic
condition of our state, negative impacts of world financial and
economic crisis and the steps undertaken to overcome it, relations
of Armenia with the neighboring states including Iran and Turkey as
well as on the regional security and cooperation issues.