YEREVAN, DECEMBER 5, NOYAN TAPAN. An agreement concerning holding joint scientific researches was signed between the National Academies of Russia and Armenia in Yerevan on December 3. As Yuri Shukurian, the Deputy Chairman of the RA National Academy of Sciences mentioned at the discussion which took place at the RA NIS, 65 scientific themes concerning different spheres of science (informatics, mechanics, biophysics, etc) are included in the agreement. According to him, signing of the agreement will give a new start to the Russian-Armenian cooperation of centuries in the scientific sphere. According to Y.Shukurian, joint wide-spread scientific researches are envisaged to implement especially in the sphere of humanities. Nikolay Platte, the Deputy Chairman of the Russian National Academy of Sciences estimated the Russian-Armenian scientific cooperation as positive. According to him, the scientific cooperation of the two countries didn't stop even during the difficult years of 90s of the previous century. "We appreciate the scientific potential of Armenia," N. Platte mentioned. He mentioned poor financial means as the only obstacle of the scietific cooperation between the two countries. According to N.Platte not enouth financing is given to science both in Russia and Armenia.

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