ITAR-TASS, Russia
Aug 20 2004
Levitin to co-chair Russian-Armenian intergovernmental commission
SOCHI, August 20 (Itar-Tass) — Russian investments in the Armenal
Armenian Company will total $36 million within 12-14 months,
President Vladimir Putin said after Friday negotiations with his
Armenian counterpart Robert Kocharyan.
`I have spoken to some of the Russian participants in the project. It
is the matter of not so much financing as technical decisions. The
work has been on for four months, and it will be done on time,’ Putin
said.
The president also said he expected bilateral trade and economic
cooperation to intensify with the help of the Russian-Armenian
intergovernmental commission. He said he had appointed Transport
Minister Igor Levitin as the Russian cochairman of the commission.