Armenian PM Meets Georgian Leadership

Visiting Armenian Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan met with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and Parliamentary Chairperson Nino Burjanadze on July 25 in Tbilisi.

Margaryan said after talks with Burjanadze that bilateral economic cooperation and joint measure for social rehabilitation projects in Armenian-populated Samtskhe-Javakheti region in southern Georgia were discussed.

?In the course of this year USD 350,000 was already transferred [for projects in Samtskhe-Javakheti] from the Armenian state budget,? Margaryan told reporters. The funds were designed for construction of schools and equipment.

Nino Burjanadze told reporters after talks that the Armenian PM requested the Georgian side to speed up working over the issues related with the ownership of the several churches in Javakheti and in Tbilisi which are disputed between Armenian Apostolic and Georgian Orthodox Churches.

Armenian Prime Minister, who arrived in Georgian on July 24 has already visited Samtskhe-Javakheti region and met with his Georgian counterpart Zurab Nogaideli.

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