RA PRIME MINISTER AND LATVIAN PRESIDENT DISCUSS ISSUES RELATED TO DEVELOPMENT OF ARMENIAN-LATVIAN RELATIONS
Noyan Tapan
Dec 11, 2009
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 11, NOYAN TAPAN. RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsian
and Latvian President Valdis Zatlers, on December 10, discussed issues
related to development of Armenian-Latvian relations, passage from
political dialogue to active economic cooperation and possible ways
of cooperation in various spheres. According to the RA government
Information and Public Relations Department, the interlocutors attached
importance to establishment of mutual contacts and business ties,
activization of steps aimed at conducting encouraging policy for
the two countries’ business circles, expressed the hope that the
Armenian-Latvian business forum being held in Yerevan will create
good preconditions for development of trade and economic relations.
For the start of bilateral economic relations T. Sargsian considered
that cooperation in the spheres of commerce, tourism, environmental
protection, information technologies, pharmacy are those having
prospects. The sides also attached importance to activization
of cultural contacts which will be a good basis for giving a new
quality to warm relations formed between the two peoples, as well
as to establishment of scientific-educational contacts, contacts
between universities and exchange of experience in other spheres of
mutual interest.