Russia and Armenia sign a number of agreements following interregional forum

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Armenia and Russia signed a number of agreements following the Second Armenian-Russian interregional forum held in Yerevan on Saturday.

Russia and Armenia sign a number of agreements following interregional forum

YEREVAN, October 15. /ARKA/. Armenia and Russia signed a number of agreements following the Second Armenian-Russian interregional forum held in Yerevan on Saturday.

Armenia’s government and the country’s Vayots Dzor region administration signed a trade and economic, scientific and technical, humanitarian cooperation agreement with the administration of Russia’s Arkhangelsk region.

South Caucasus Railway CJSC signed 2012-2015 cooperation agreement with Lori and Kotayk regions of Armenia, Rostov State University for Railway Transportation, and GNCALFA CJSC.

After the plenary session the forum participants continued discussing cooperation in different sectors between the two states at the round table.

The first Armenian-Russian interregional forum was held in Yerevan on April 18-20, 2011.

A number of agreements were reached following the forum, including the memorandum signed between SCR and Armenia’s government on launching a construction of a 32-km segment of Vanadzor-Fioletovo railway. -0-

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