MEMOS SIGNED, DOCUMENTS DRAFTED,TO ENRICH SYRIAN-ARMENIAN BILETRAL RELATIONS
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Sept 8 2009
Syria
Syrian-Armenian Joint Committee Meetings Concluded by Signing Memos
of Understanding
The Syrian-Armenian Joint Committee for Commercial, Economic,
Scientific and Technical Cooperation concluded activities on Monday,
with the two sides signing several documents of cooperation and
understanding.
The signed documents include a memo of understanding in the field
of veterinarian vaccines and medicine and a memo of understanding
between the Central Bank of Syria and the Central Bank of Armenia,
in addition to the protocol of the fifth session of the Committee.
Several documents were also drafted to enrich the legal framework
regulating paperwork in the fields of tourism, housing, construction,
industry and communications.
During the meetings, the two sides discussed cooperation in the
fields of trade, investment, customs, banking, industry, standards,
transport, electricity, energy, petroleum, gas, communications,
technology, agriculture, irrigation, culture, higher education,
health, tourism, justice, internal affairs, housing, construction,
local administration, social affairs, labor and sport.
The Committee was chaired by Syrian Minister of Economy and Trade
Dr. Amer Housni Lutfi and Armenian Minister of Agriculture Gerasim
Alaverdyan.
On the sideline of the meetings, Minister Lutfi met with Armenian Prime
Minister Tigran Sargsyan, in addition to Ministry of Economy Nerses
Yeritsyan and the Director of the Armenian Development Agency. He also
met representatives of economic activities at the Armenian Chamber
of Industry and Trade.