EXPANDED COOPERATION BETWEEN ARMENIA AND RUSSIA

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Feb 8 2010
Armenia

Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan welcomed today First Vice-President
of RF Government Igor Shuvalov.

Greeting the guest, the Prime Minister appreciated Mr. Shuvalov’s
visit to Armenia from the perspective of strengthened bilateral
ties and expressed confidence that it would help extend the scope of
interaction. Tigran Sargsyan said to be pleased with the current level
of Armenia-Russia relations in both bilateral and multilateral formats.

Thanking the Prime Minister for reception, Igor Shuvalov said he valued
much both bilateral ties in and interaction in the CIS frameworks and
emphasized the importance of exchanges in the field of fundamental
research and innovations. He touched upon the celebrations of Great
Patriotic War Victory 65th anniversary celebrations, as well as other
issues of mutual concern.

Bearing in mind that 2010 was proclaimed year of science and
innovations in the CIS countries, the parties have referred to the
pace of joint action. Joint research work was said to have been
carried out in biochemistry, neurochemistry, molecular biology,
medical genetics, chemical physics and other spheres. The outlook
of nuclear medicine in Armenia and the possibility for opening an
Armenian-Russian innovative center have been discussed.

Tigran Sargsyan stressed his government’s focus on developing high
technologies in Armenia and noted that the existing traditions may
add relish to the mutually advantageous cooperation.

The head of government further said that notwithstanding the crisis,
Armenia had honored all of its commitments assumed within the CIS
framework, with the financial contributions settled ahead of schedule.

Steps are underway toward implementing the first stage of the CIS
economic development strategy.

The interlocutors also spoke about the operations of Russian companies
involved in Armenia and the pace of cooperation in power engineering,
transport and other spheres.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress