Wednesday, 8 June 2005
On the second day of the working visit to Japan, the RA Prime Minister A. Margaryan-led Armenian delegation arrived in Tokio. In the morning, the Prime Minister and the members of the delegation met with the representatives of Japan-Armenia Association at Palace Hotel in Tokio. Thanking them for their active efforts towards promoting Armenian-Japanese cooperation, Mr. A. Margaryan stressed that still many potentialities went unused in different areas as witnessed by the lack of direct investment from Japan and mutually beneficial cooperation between the business circles. According to the Prime Minister, although there were no political disagreements between the two countries and bilateral relationship had been strengthened following the RA President's recent visit to Japan - the two governments are now collaborating actively in economic matters, in the fields of energy and agriculture in particular