YEREVAN, APRIL 8, NOYAN TAPAN. At the conclusion of the second sitting of the Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation between Armenia and Turkmenistan, the Armenian Co-Chairman of the Commission, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Armen Movsisian and the Turkmen Co-Chairman of the Commission, Deputy Prime Minister of Turkmenistan Khidir Saparaliyev signed the protocol of the second sitting. The Turkmen deputy prime minister announced that the protocol envisages developing bilateral relations in the spheres of agriculture, energy, chemical industry, culture, etc. (12 directions in total). In the words of A. Movsisian, the adopted decisions are important and will promote the mutually beneficial cooperation of the two countries. "Armenia attaches great importance to relations with Turkmensitan, and this sitting of the commission will give a new impetus to these relations," he stated. The sides agreed to hold the third sitting of the intergovernmental commission in Ashkhabad in 2011.

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