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2 August 2001 - 16:56 AMT

VLADIMIR PUTIN AND ROBERT KOCHARYAN DISCUSSED THE PROCESS OF PREPARATION PROCESS FOR THE FORTHCOMING VISIT OF RUSSIA’S PRESIDENT TO ARMENIA

At the meeting August 1, in Sochi presidents of Russia and Armenia Vladimir Putin and Robert Kotcharian discussed the preparation process for the official visit of the head of Russia, planned in September. Sergey Prikhodko, deputy head of the Kremlin administration informed that. According to his words, at the meeting, questions regarding the expansion of bilateral economic cooperation were touched on. As Prikhodko pointed out the two countries’ leaders positively spoke about the results of the Russian-Armenian intergovernmental committee meeting that had taken place in Yerevan. The committee is headed by vice prime minister of Russia Ilya Klebanov and minister of defense of Armenia Serge Sarkisyan. The Kremlin representative informed the committee meeting had resulted in an agreement regarding the realization of a number of important bilateral projects in economic sphere.