After their talks, Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and his Armenian counterpart Robert Kocharyan (R) did not hurry to the press-conference. Apparently, they had nothing to say.
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Armenia-Russia Meeting
// Vladimir Putin received Robert Kocharyan
Russian President Vladimir Putin received his Armenian counterpart Robert Kocharyan in Bocharov Ruchey residence in Sochi yesterday.
Robert Kocharyan and Vladimir Putin came out to journalists after their meeting. Kocharyan received questions concerning Nagorny Karabakh. He said he is glad that the reached seize-fire agreement has been working for many years now.
Then Armenian president spoke of Russia’s investment into his country’s economy. He hinted at the project of building an oil refinery on the border with Iran, suggesting that Gazpromneft should carry it out. Iran will supply oil for the refinery,
However, Russian president has not made the final decision about the oil refinery. Apparently, he is counting political risks, and they seem to outweight economic profit. Yet, Putin might actually be attracted by those risks.
Andrei Kolesnikov
All the Article in Russian as of Jan. 25, 2007
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