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    Noyan Tapan News Agency, Armenia
    Sept 30 2005

    ROBERT KOCHARIAN: ARMENIAN-GEORGIAN PARTNERSHIP'S EXPANSION IN ENERGY
    SECTOR MAY BECOME A REAL PROGRAM OF REGIONAL COOPERATION


    YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 30, NOYAN TAPAN. At the fourth session of the
    Armenian-Georgian Intergovernmental Commission on Economic
    Cooperation Issues, the sides discussed the urgent problmes in the
    bilateral relations and found mutually acceptable and beneficial
    solutions to almost all of the issues. The Georgian Prime Minister
    Zurab Nogaidely said this at the September 30 meeting with the RA
    President Robert Kocharian in Yerevan.

    Special attention was paid to the issues of cooperation in the
    energy, transport and customs sectors. R. Kocharian and Z. Nogaideli
    considered new opportunities for exporting electricity from Armenia
    to Georgia. The Armenian President attached special importance to the
    expansion of cooperation in the energy sector, which, in his opinion,
    may become a real program of regional cooperation.

    The sides underlined the necessity for new transport opportunities.
    They considered it important to organize direct Yerevan-Tbilisi and
    Yerevan-Batumi flights, as well as Yerevan-Batumi railway
    communication. They also stressed the need to promote cooperation
    between the customs departments of the two countries with the aim of
    preventing the illigal turnover of goods subject to excise taxation.
    The interlocutors noted that smuggling has been considerably reduced,
    but the problem still remains.

    According to the RA Presidental press service, R. Kocharian and Z.
    Nogaideli also addressed the problem of the socioeconomic situation
    in Javakhk. The Georgian Prime Minister said the government intends
    to implement a 5-year program on repairing motorways in Javakhk with
    funds provided by the Millennnium Challenges Fund and the state
    budget allocations. The government of Georgia also intends to carry
    out educational programs for the Armenian-speaking citizens and take
    an active part in school construction in Javakhk.
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