KAZAKHSTAN INTERESTED IN COOPERATION WITH ARMENIA IN FINANCIAL SPHERE

ArmInfo
2009-05-23 12:44:00

ArmInfo. Kazakhstan is interested in cooperation with Armenia in
the financial system, Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan told
journalists on board the plane, Friday, when returning from the
sitting of the Council of CIS prime ministers held in Astana.

"Within the frames of the sitting, a meeting with Chairman of the
Central Bank of Kazakhstan Grigory Marchenko was held, which covered
the anti-crisis measures in the banking and financial sphere",-
the prime minister said. He pointed out that today Kazakhstan has
serious problems in this sphere which are not completely overcome,
but decisive steps have been taken in this matter. "I consider that
we’re interested in cooperation in the financial system",- he said.

At the same time, Tigran Sargsyan said that on May 22 he discussed
with his Kazakh counterpart Karim Masimov the issues on the agenda
of the Armenian-Kazakh intergovernmental commission, issues of
promotion of the bilateral economic cooperation and its further
stimulation. "Certain activity has recently been observed, but we
are still discontent with this level of economic cooperation",-
Sargsyan stressed.

To recall, an Armenian delegation headed by Armenian Prime Minister
Tigran Sargsyan participated in May 22 sitting of the Council of
CIS prime ministers in Astana. The delegation included Head of the
Governmental Administration David Sargsyan, Culture Minister Hasmik
Poghosyan, Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharyan, Armenian
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Kazakhstan Vasily
Kazaryan, Armenian Ambassador to Belarus Oleg Yesayan, Armenian
Representative Plenipotentiary to the Commission for Economic Issues
under CIS Economic Council Artak Vardanyan.