OREANDA-NEWS. April 08, 2013. Rosneft President and Chairman of the Management Board Igor Sechin went to Yerevan with a working visit to discuss the prospects of strategic cooperation in the energy sector with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan.

 The Armenian leader expressed confidence that Rosneft’s entering the Armenian market would create incentives for a further expansion of the economic cooperation between the two nations.

During his visit Igor Sechin also held talks with Armenia’s Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan, in whose presence he and his counterpart of the Armenian Oil Techno, Arthur Alaverdyan, signed a cooperation agreement seeking to set up a joint venture in marketing and distribution.

Igor Sechin also visited one of Armenia’s oldest petrochemical companies Nairit, where he held talks with country’s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Armen Movsisyan during a tour of the factory.