September 03, 2004, ARKA - On September 5 the President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan will leave for Poland with an official visit by the invitation of Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski. According to the RA President's Press Service Department, meetings with the President of Poland, the Leadership of Sejm and Senate as well as the Prime Minister of Poland are planned within the framework of the visit. Also, Bilateral agreements on military cooperation and joint fight against organized crime as well as a memorandum on cooperation between the Union of SME of Poland and the RA Ministry of Trade and Economic Development are to be signed. The main goal of the visit of the Polish delegation to Armenia, which will last till September 7, is to stimulate the development of intergovernmental relations, define the priority directions and tasks for the economic cooperation between the two countries, as well as exchange opinions regarding the most actual goals of an international interest.
The diplomatic relations between Armenia and Poland have been established since Feb 26, 1992. In 1998 an Armenian Embassy was opened in Warsaw, and the Polish Embassy in Armenia - on Jan 27, 2001. The first visit of the RA President Robert Kocharyan to Poland took place on July 13-15, 1999. The visit of the Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski to Armenia took place on November 14-16, 2001.
According to RA National Statistics Service, the trade turnover between Armenia and Poland in Jan-July 2004 made $2068,6 thsd. versus $2042 thsd during the analogous period of 2003. At that, the volume of export made $28,1 thsd. for the first 7 months of 2004 (in 2003 -$129,5 thsd.), and import -$2040,5 thsd. (in 2003-$1912,5 thsd.).