Wednesday, 2 February 2022
Armenian Deputy PM Mher Grigoryan meets with Russian Deputy PM Alexey Overchuk
Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Alexey Overchuk has arrived in Yerevan on a working visit. During the visit, the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Mher Grigoryan met with Russian Deputy PM Alexey Overchuk. Oleg Belozyorov, CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board of the Russian Railways OJSC, and Sergey Kopirkin, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Armenia, also took part in the meeting.
The parties discussed issues on the agenda of Russian-Armenian bilateral relations, including trade and economic cooperation. Both sides stressed the important role of the South Caucasus Railway Company for the Armenian economy, and discussed a number of issues related to the further development of cooperation with the company within the framework of the concession agreement.
During the meeting, the sides also touched upon the issues on the agenda of the trilateral working group chaired by the Deputy Prime Ministers of the Republic of Armenia, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Azerbaijan, as well as the prospects of restoring transport communications in the South Caucasus region.
