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Armenian government delegation to take part in Russian Energy Week

Armenian government delegation to take part in Russian Energy Week

ArmInfo.A delegation of the Armenian government will take part in the Russian Energy Week international forum.

Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia Suren Papikyan, Head of the Energy  Department of the Ministry of Territorial Administration and  Infrastructures of the Republic of Armenia Tigran Melkonyan and  Advisor to the Protocol Department of the Prime Minister Edmond  Davtyan on October 13-15, 2021, will be sent to Russia (Moscow) to  participate in the international forum "Russian energy week ".

As reported by the press service of the government, the decision was  signed by  Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan on October 11.

To note, the purpose of the Forum is to demonstrate the prospects of  the Russian fuel and energy complex and realize the potential of  international cooperation in the energy sector. The Forum is a  platform for discussing the main challenges faced by the energy  sector of the economy and topical development problems: gas, oil and  coal industries; petrochemistry; electric power industry; nuclear  energy; hydropower; renewable energy sources (RES); energy saving and  energy efficiency improvement.

In 2019, the third International Forum: "Russian Energy Week", was  held. The Forum has been held since 2017 and managed to acquire the  status of the main event in the field of energy efficiency in Russia  and abroad. The central event of the official business program of REW  2019 was the plenary session Energy Partnership for Sustainable  Development, at which the President of the Russian Federation  Vladimir Putin spoke. The main program of the Forum consisted of more  than 70 events in various formats, such as a plenary session, panel  sessions, round tables, lectures, meetings of industry experts, etc.  The business program of the Forum was attended by 417 speakers. In  2019, the Forum was attended by over 10,000 participants and media  representatives from Russia and 115 foreign states and territories in  four days.