ARMENIA AND RUSSIA RESTORE SCIENTIFIC LINKS

YEREVAN, September 24, (RIA Novosti's Gamlet Matevosyan) - Prime-Minister of Armenia Andranik Markaryan received on Friday a delegation of academic institutions of higher learning of the South Federal District of Russia led by President of the Southern research center of the Russian Academy of Sciences academician Gennady Matischev. As RIA Novosti was told on Friday at the public relations and press department of the Armenian government's staff, during the meeting Markaryan highlighted the necessity of restoring scientific links between Armenia and Russia, promoting cooperation in social sciences and, in particular, in the sphere of the regional policy research.

Markaryan pointed out a great significance of the agreement signed in June of this year between the Armenian National Academy of Sciences and the Southern research center of the Russian Academy of Sciences on cooperation in the field of science and technologies, in particular in astrophysics, power engineering, the study of the ecological state of the Armenian lake Sevan and the restoration of life in it, as well as creating an efficient computation system.

In his turn, Matischev noted that directions and trends in the development of science and technologies in the two states coincide, which makes it possible to set feasible tasks and solve them efficiently.

The prime minister confirmed the Armenian government's readiness to promote links between the research centers of the two states and stressed that the Armenian-Russian non-governmental commission for economic cooperation would be of great help in this.