YEREVAN. - Russia provides assistance to Armenia’s economic sector actively, Head of Russian Presidential Administration Sergei Naryshkin stated at the first Russian-Armenian interregional forum in Yerevan on Tuesday.

He noted that Russian investments in Armenia’s economy have made U.S. $ 2.8bn since 1991, while trade turnover between the two countries reached U.S. $ 860m in 2010. There are 1400 enterprises in Armenia with Russian capital.

As regards the cooperation between regions of the two countries, Naryshkin stressed that today about 70 regions of the Russian Federation are involved in the Russian-Armenian cooperation and the number of partner-regions is constantly increasing.

He stressed the fields of energy, transport and telecommunications among issues of bilateral interest.