ARMENIAN PRIME MINISTER RECEIVES DELEGATION HEADED BY THE RUSSIAN VICE PRIME MINISTER SERGEY IVANOV

ARMENPRESS
May 15, 2009

YEREVAN, MAY 15, ARMENPRESS: Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan
received today the Russian Vice Prime Minister Sergey Ivanov and the
delegation headed by him.

Public relations department of Armenian Government told Armenpress that
at the beginning of the meeting Sergey Ivanov expressed condolences
on the accident which took place yesterday in "Nairit" factory and
expressed readiness to provide possible support to the Armenian side.

During the meeting Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan expressed
gratification on the high-level cooperation between Armenia and
Russia and noted that in the Armenian-Russian relations there is not
a sphere where joint projects are not implemented. In Armenia more
than 1000 enterprises with joint capital function and the Armenian
Government is ready to utmost support them in the conditions of world
financial-economic crisis.

During the intercourse particularly issues connected with transport,
energy spheres as well as the activity of enterprises handed to Russia
instead of the state debt have been discussed.

Stressing the importance of properly ensured cargo transportations
between Armenia and Russia the sides have discussed issues
connected with Caucasus-Poti-Caucasus railway-ferryboat and
Novorosisk-Poti-Novorosisk vehicle-ferryboat lines.

T. Sargsyan and S. Ivanov have also referred to the Armenian railway
net which has been handed to Russia for concession management, the
implementation of concession treaty, spoke about the price policy,
technical rearmament of the railways as well as investments demanded
for modernization.

Within the frameworks of development of Armenian-Russian economic
relations the Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan stressed the importance
of promotion of the process of establishment of economic zones in
the territories of industrial and scientific enterprises conveyed to
Russia on the "Property for Debt" agreement.

In his turn Sergey Ivanov noted that the issue is under the limelight
of the Russian side and will be solved in the nearest future. The sides
have spoken about the participation of Armenia in the construction
works intended within the frameworks of preparations for Olympic
Games which will take place in Russian Sochi town, particularly in
supply of construction materials.

Armenian Prime Minister and Russian Vice Prime Minister have
mutually stressed the importance of the role of Armenian-Russian
inter-governmental commission, noting that it gives an opportunity to
discover the potential of mutual cooperation and involve new spheres
in it.