April 19, 2005 - 09:08 AMT
ARMENIA AND PERM DEVELOP TRADE AND ECONOMIC COOPERATION
Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia Gegham Gharibjanian met with Acting Governor of Russian Perm region Oleg Chirkunov, reported the Press Service of the Foreign Ministry of Armenia. In the course of the meeting the interlocutors discussed prospects of development of cooperation between Armenia's regions and subjects of the Russian Federation, specifically Perm region. Gegham Gharibjanian noted that Russian President Vladimir Putin's latest visit to Armenia, as well as the holding of the Year of Russia in Armenia will convey a new impetus to the bilateral cooperation in all fields. An agreement on development of trade, economic and humanitarian cooperation, specifically on exchange of information on produce of Perm and Armenia and contribution to contacts between business circles of the parties, was reached.