ARMENIAN, UKRAINIAN LEADERS DISCUSS TIES AT UNOFFICIAL MEETING
ArmInfo News Agency (in Russian)
July 29 2008
Armenia
Yerevan 29 July: Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and Armenian
President Serzh Sargsyan have had a tête-à-tête meeting and a
working lunch in Crimea [Ukraine], the press service of the Ukrainian
president reported.
The report says that Yushchenko and Sargsyan discussed a range of
issues of bilateral cooperation. In turn, boosting commercial-economic
cooperation was discussed. The sides noted the positive dynamics
of bilateral trade, the turnover which reached 282.86m dollars
in 2007. The presidents also discussed implementation of the
Kerch-Poti-Batumi project [a project that would connect Kerch, Poti
and Batumi ports].
The sides discussed separately cultural cooperation and ensuring the
needs of the Ukrainian and Armenian communities. The presidents also
discussed organizing an official visit of the Armenian president
to Ukraine, which is to be held after the forth session of the
Ukrainian-Armenian joint intergovernmental commission on economic
cooperation. The Armenian president is on an unofficial visit in
Ukraine; he will take part in celebrations of the Armenian shrine –
Surb Khach [church] within framework of the visit.
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