YEREVAN. – Armenia and Russia have good prospects for development in the sphere of agriculture, Russian Deputy PM Viktor Zubkov stated during a press conference on Tuesday. Specifically, the construction of greenhouses and livestock complexes, and the supply of agricultural machinery present a bilateral interest.   

Zubkov informed that Russia is prepared to open a branch of Rosselkhozbank Bank in Armenia and to start providing credits to the country’s agriculture. The Rosagroleasing, on the other hand, is prepared to open a sister leasing company in the capital Yerevan.      

In his turn, Armenian PM Tigran Sargsyan noted that the joint working group will coordinate, within one month, the details for the aforesaid Russian bank’s and leasing company’s activities in Armenia, and subsequently the final decision will be reached.