ArmInfo. Armenian Minister of Economy Tigran Khachatryan met with the Secretary General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization Lee Yong (UNIDO) at the Global Summit on Production and Industrialization (GMIS 2019) in Yekaterinburg.
"I am very pleased to meet with you here in order to discuss the framework of our cooperation," the Secretary General said, stating that he was interested in discussing the results of UNIDO programs in Armenia.
Tigran Khachatryan and Lee Yong talked about programs implemented jointly with UNIDO in various sectors of the economy, in particular, touched upon the results of the program for the development of the textile industry.
The interlocutors discussed the specifics of industrial policy development, while emphasizing the importance of digitization of industries and the involvement of innovative technologies in production processes. Tigran Khachatryan, having touched upon the problem of diagnosing various spheres of the Armenian economy, stressed that in this process UNIDO assistance can be extremely effective. According to the source, the UNIDO Secretary General and the Minister of Economy of Armenia agreed on cooperation in this context.
The parties exchanged views on issues related to the promotion of SMEs in the field of industry, ensuring high profits, increasing jobs, and technological re-equipment.
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