ARMENIA PRESIDENT HANDS ORDER OF HONOUR TO SERGEI KIRIYENKO
ITAR-TASS News Agency
Feb 8 2012
Russia
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has handed the Order of Merit to
the head of the Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom,
Sergei Kiriyenko.
The CEO of Rosatom was awarded the order by a decree of the Armenian
president of October 21, 2011 “for his significant contribution to
the strengthening and development of cooperation between the Republic
of Armenia and the Russian Federation in the economic sphere.”
The awarding ceremony was held here on Tuesday at a meeting of Sargsyan
with Kiriyenko. They noted the dynamic development of Russian-Armenian
economic cooperation, stressed the importance of cooperation in the
energy sector, including Russian participation in the design and
construction of a new power unit of the Armenian nuclear power plant,
the presidential press service reported.
Sargsyan said that the construction of a new reactor with the
participation of Russian experts and with the use of Russian technology
“can become one of major programs of economic cooperation between
the two countries.”
From: A. Papazian
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