COMMODITY CIRCULATION BETWEEN ARMENIA AND UKRAINE TO BE INCREASED TWICE IN 2001

PanARMENIAN.Net - YEREVAN, March 3. /Mediamax/. The train ferry Ilyichovsk-Poti-Batumi, which is the shortest route for Armenian-Ukrainian trade, increased the commodity circulation between Armenia and the Ukraine by 1.5 times, which made up 15.6 million dollars. This index is to make up 40 million dollars in 2001.

As the Ukrainian "Unian" agency reports, thus Armenian President Robert Kocharian assessed the perspectives of mutually beneficial trade-economic cooperation at his March 2 meeting with representatives of Armenian Diaspora in Odessa.

"Armenia will promote the development of business contacts and tourism, as well as reduction of air transportation tariffs", Kocharian said.

Armenian president thinks the problem of double citizenship requires immediate solution, as 2/3 of ethnic Armenians permanently reside outside the historical native land, in the Ukraine as well. --0--