ArmInfo. Armenia will do everything possible to participate in the First Caspian Economic Forum, which will be held in Avaza in August this year. On May 13 in Yerevan at the conference "The Caspian Sea - a Sea of Opportunities", initiated by the Embassy of Turkmenistan in Armenia and dedicated to the First Caspian Economic Forum, which will be held on August 12 in "Avaza" National tourist zone, Armenian Deputy Minister of Transport, Communication and Information Technologies Armen Arzumanyan stated.
According to the Armenian official, such forums are very important for the region and the countries of the Caspian region. "It is very important for us to find common ground in different sectors of the economy, including transport and communications. As you know, we have very interesting plans regarding the relations between our countries - Armenia and Turkmenistan in the field of high technologies. We also consider that Turkmenistan can be a very interesting transit transport hub for Armenia with Asian countries, "said Arzumanyan, while he added that the representative of Armenia at this forum will voice questions of cooperation in the above-mentioned areas.
To note, on August 12, 2019, the first Caspian Economic Forum will be held in the Avaza National Tourist Zone of Turkmenbashi, in which members of governments, heads of ministries and departments from all Caspian states and the entire region are expected to attend. The purpose of the Forum is to create conditions for large projects, a discussion about the role of the economy of the Caspian region in a global context, investment attractiveness in the fields of industry, energy, agriculture, trade, tourism and other industries of the Caspian littoral states of mutual interest. The first such forum in history within the largest region of the world, which is the Caspian basin, was initiated by President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow the IV Summit of the Heads of the Caspian littoral states, held on September 30, 2014 in Astrakhan (Russian Federation).
This initiative is based on the fundamental vision of Turkmenistan of the strategic importance of the Caspian Sea in regional and interregional geopolitical and geo-economic processes, and its role as an important transit-transport and logistics hub, necessitating further joint efforts of the Caspian states. The development of fruitful cooperation with the countries of the Caspian region has been and remains a principled position, and in this regard it is among the priority vectors of the foreign policy of Turkmenistan.
The agenda of the First Caspian Economic Forum will cover a wide range of issues that will later form the basis of promising areas of interaction between the participating states. It is assumed that such topical issues regarding the intensification of trade and economic relations, including the creation of conditions for the development and implementation of large-scale projects, will be proposed for consideration for the exchange of views and constructive discussion.
On the margins of the Forum, it is also planned to hold the International Exhibition of Innovative Technologies of the Caspian States on August 11-12, 2019, which is intended to become a center for establishing business contacts and getting acquainted with new technologies, services and solutions in various areas of the economy, including the fuel and energy sector, transport and logistics industry, commerce, tourism and many other areas.