.Russia to extend $10 mln to Nicaragua.

MANAGUA, June 3 (Itar-Tass) - Russia will extend $10 million to
Nicaragua to support the country's budget.
On Wednesday, the first meeting of the two countries'
intergovernmental commission on trade, economic, scientific and technical
cooperation completed in Managua.
Within the framework of the commission eight groups worked on
different directions of bilateral cooperation.
Nicaragua's co-chair of the commission, Deputy Foreign Minister Manuel
Coronel Kautz, said the meeting focused on the projects in economy, trade,
transport, energy, and education.
The countries signed two protocols, the agreement on a 10 million
dollar financial assistance and the final act of the commission's meeting.

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