ArmInfo. The Minister of Economic Development and Investments of Armenia Suren Karayan received yesterday the French Ambassador to Armenia Jean Francois Charpentier.
The French Ambassador noted that the Ministry has always provided assistance to French businessmen in Armenia, the press service of the ministry reports. Suren Karayan and Jean-Francois Charpentier discussed Armenian-French economic projects, including those initiated by the Trade and Investment office of Business France.
The sides expressed their desire to join forces in order to increase the trade turnover between Armenia and France. Particular attention was paid to expanding cooperation in the field of tourism.
At the end of the meeting, the head of the Ministry of Economic Development and Investments thanked the French ambassador for effective and active work in strengthening the Armenian-French relations, in particular, for his contribution to the development of bilateral economic relations.
According to the National Statistical Service of Armenia, the mutual trade turnover between Armenia and France for January-July of 2017 amounted to $ 37.3 million with an annual decline of 30.2%. In particular, exports fell by 1.1% to $ 1.9, while imports grew by 32.5% to 35.3 million.
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