Igor Nazaruk: Belarusian Prime Minister set task to activate economic ties between Armenia and Belarus

ArmInfo. The Prime Minister of  Armenia Karen Karapetyan and the Ambassador of Belarus to Armenia  Igor Nazaruk discussed the implementation of the agreements reached  during the meeting of the heads of government of the two countries in  Almaty on February 8.

As the press service of the Armenian government reports, according to  Ambassador Nazaruk, the Prime Minister of Belarus after the meeting  with his Armenian counterpart to the heads of various departments set  the task to intensify economic ties between the two countries. A  working group has been set up, which will be headed by the Belarusian  vice-premier in the near future in Armenia.

Karen Karapetyan, in turn, expressed confidence that today there are  broad opportunities and corresponding potential for promoting  bilateral economic ties.

In this context, the sides touched upon the prospects of implementing  joint programs in the field of agriculture, including livestock,  agricultural machinery, agricultural products, as well as information  technology, transport and tourism. The interlocutors also discussed  ways to diversify flights and opportunities for participation of the  Belarusian business in the FEZ in Meghri.

On February 2, Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan stated during the  meeting with his Belarusian counterpart Andrei Kobyakov on the  margins of the Eurasian intergovernmental council in Almaty, said  that in the relations between Armenia and Belarus there is a great  untapped potential for deepening bilateral relations.  Karen  Karapetyan noted with satisfaction that the trade turnover between  Armenia and Belarus grew by 20% over the same period of 2017 as  compared with the same period in 2016, and it is necessary to support  the positive trends emerging between the two countries. The  interlocutors discussed the possibilities of deepening cooperation in  a number of spheres, in particular, in such areas as livestock,  information technologies, etc. In this context, the importance of  effective work of the intergovernmental commission was stressed.