President Serzh Sarkisian and Prime Minister Abrahamian discussed on Friday with a visiting Russian government member the increased cost of power supplies by Armenia's Russian-owned electric utility, which has sparked angry street protests in Yerevan.
It was announced after their talks with Russian Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov that a Russian-Armenian intergovernmental commission economic cooperation will organize an independent audit of the under-fire power distribution network.
Sokolov arrived in the Armenian capital on Thursday to co-chair, together with Abrahamian, a regular session of the commission. His visit followed concerns expressed by Moscow in connection with the ongoing nonstop protests against a more than 17 percent rise in electricity prices in Armenia. A senior Russian diplomat on Wednesday urged the Armenian government to work out a "compromise solution" with the protesters camped out on a major Yerevan thoroughfare.
Armenian News
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