SARGSYAN DISCUSSES WITH OTRI, AL-ABRASH BILATERAL COOPERATION
SANA – Syrian Arab News Agency
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March 23 2010
Damascus (SANA) – Syria and Armenia agreed on Tuesday to boost economic
cooperation between the two countries.
The agreement came during a meeting that brought together Armenian
President Serzh Sargsyan and Prime Minister Mohammad Naji Otri.
The two sides also agreed on increasing trade and boosting businessmen
role to consolidate economic and investment partnership and the
role of the two governments in exploring potentials for expanding
these relations.
The Armenian President called for developing and deepening these
relations in all domains. Otri, meanwhile, lauded Armenian stances
and its support for Arabs rights and Syria’s efforts to regain the
occupied Golan.
Earlier,Syrian- Armenian friendly relations and means to develop
them on the Parliamentary level were the main points of discussion
during President Serzh Sargsyan’s meeting with Speaker of the People’s
Assembly Dr. Mahmoud al-Abrash on Tuesday.
President Sargsyan highlighted the depth of the Syrian-Armenian
historical relations, stressing the importance of the parliamentarians’
role in activating bilateral relations and cooperation serving the
best interest of the two friendly countries.
For his part, al-Abrash underlined Syria’s keenness on consolidating
parliamentary relations with Armenia through exchanging visits and
expertise between the two countries’ parliamentarians in addition to
coordinating stances at the parliamentary forums.
He pointed out that President Sargsyan’s visit to Syria would
contribute to opening wide prospects of cooperation in all domains.
M.O./Ruaa Jazaeri/Idelbi