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YEREVAN, AUGUST 24, ARMENPRESS. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan held a meeting Thursday with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin ahead of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council session in Tsaghkadzor.
During the meeting Pashinyan commended the opening of new lanes in the Upper Lars border checkpoint, something the Russian authorities vowed to do during their previous meeting. PM Pashinyan lauded this as a “very important event” in bilateral relations.
“With results of 2022 the trade turnover between our countries amounted to five billion dollars. It continues to grow and this year we’ve already surpassed three billion dollars, and we will surpass the 2022 figure in yearend. We have solid and mighty relations, which allows me to confidently say that our future cooperation will be more productive,” the Armenian PM said.
In turn, Mishustin said that Russia attaches importance to the strategic partnership with Armenia.
“We attach importance to the strategic partnership between our two countries. The trade-economic ties are developing, trade turnover is increasing, which is beneficial in terms of Armenia’s participation in the EEU. There’s productive cooperation between all members of the organization. Regarding other initiatives, we are expanding partnership in energy, mining, and logistics. There are a number of programs related to IT,” the Russian PM said.
He added that the ties between business circles are positively impacting the economic growth. Russia proposes promoting the pace of cooperation in all areas, especially in terms of investment programs, he said.
“There’s productive cooperation in the humanitarian sector as well. There’s great interest among Armenian citizens in terms of obtaining education in Russian universities. Today, more than five thousand Armenian students study in Russia. We will support them in obtaining high quality education. We attach great importance to the process of teaching Russian language in Armenia and we consider the prospect of building new schools. Numerous experts from Armenia are undergoing Russian language teaching trainings in Russia. We will send more than fifty thousand textbooks for all schools in Armenia by yearend,” Mishustin added.