MOSCOW, DECEMBER 29, ARMENPRESS: An agreement signed Tuesday in Moscow by Armenian defense minister Serzh Sarkisian and Russian transport minister Igor Levitin, who are cochairmen of a joint inter-governmental commission on economic cooperation is expected to give a strong boost to further development of trade and economic ties between these two countries. The agreement, signed during a regular meeting of the commission in the Russian capital, envisages cooperation in energy and transport sectors.
Speaking to reporters after the meeting Igor Levitin said a ferryboat plying between Georgian port of Poti and Russian port of Kavkaz will be operational beginning next January or February. Levitin also said that Armenia’s rail communication with Russia via Georgia, disrupted by the Abkhaz conflict more than a decade ago, could resume by the end of next year, before the end of the conflict.
Most likely Georgian officials have revised their position on this issue as until now they used to say they will allow trains from Abkhazia to go through Georgia only after thousands of Georgian refugees from Abkhazia are allowed to go back.
In Moscow Russian and Armenian officials also spoke about granting Armenian citizens some privileges, particulalry, extending their stay in Russia up to three months without temporary registration.
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