Thursday, December 6 2018 17:33

ArmInfo.Armenia's membership in the Eurasian Economic Union is one of the priorities of the Armenian government. Trade and economic cooperation with the  countries of the EEU is becoming one of the most important positive  factors that affect the growth potential of the economy and foreign  trade. The Acting Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan stated  this on December 6 at a meeting of the Supreme Council of the EAEU  countries in St. Petersburg.

According to him, in the first 10 months of 2018, the trade turnover  of Armenia with the countries of the Union grew by 15%. Over the same  period, exports of Armenian products to the markets of the countries  of the Union increased by 22%, and total exports by 11.7%. "The share  of the EAEU in the total export structure from Armenia is growing.   These facts testify not only to the favorable situation created in  the EAEU markets for our goods, but also to the effectiveness of free  trade mechanisms," said Nikol Pashinyan.

He added that Armenia is interested in further deepening the  integration processes in the Eurasian Economic Union. "We are ready  to make all necessary efforts to improve integration institutions and  search for new areas and cooperation mechanisms. In this context, I  would like to note that Armenia welcomes the Declaration on further  deepening integration processes and supports the provisions of this  document, which establishes the philosophy of our cooperation and its  main directions development. We are confident that the integration of  our countries, ultimately, should serve to create a comfortable  environment for entrepreneurship and fully use of human potential. If  we can achieve tangible results in this issue, a number of economic  entities and individual entrepreneurs will appear who show interest  in deepening integration.  Integration will become irreversible if  citizens of our countries see concrete results, "the acting Prime  Minister of RA noted. 

According to him, the Armenian government sets itself the task of  developing the technology sector. He recalled that the field of  information technology is the fastest growing area in the country. In  this context, the EAEU digital agenda is of particular interest to  Armenia. It is fully consistent with the priorities of the new  government of Armenia, which is interested in its full  implementation.

Nikol Pashinyan added that Armenia especially notes the importance of  diversification of foreign economic relations. "We fully support" The  main activities of the EAEU in 2019 "and efforts to sign new  agreements aimed at expanding the geography of free economic zones.   We consider cooperation with the European Union, as well as with  those countries that are our direct partners, to be priorities,"  Acting head of the Armenian government. He also added that Armenia is  ready to become an effective platform for the development of trade  and economic relations with Iran. "We are ready to play an active  role in the negotiation process to develop a free trade agreement  with Egypt. We are interested in agreements with Iran and China to  enter into force as soon as possible. The Armenian government is  completing the internal procedure for ratifying these documents, and  soon parliamentary elections, they will be submitted for approval by  the National Assembly of the country, "Nikol Pashinyan stressed.