Monday, February 10 2020 14:35

ArmInfo. In summer, a regular meeting of the intergovernmental commission on the  development of trade and economic cooperation between Armenia and  Germany will be held in Berlin. The details of the upcoming meeting  were discussed during the meeting of Deputy Minister of Economy of  the Republic of Armenia Varos Simonyan on February 10 with Deputy  Ambassador of German Federal Republic to Armenia Klaus Wendelberger. 

According to the press service of the Ministry of Economy of the  Republic of Armenia GIZ Office Armenia Country Director Anne Dorit  Kempa, Senior Project Coordinator at KfW Bank in Armenia Bella  Andriasyan, and other officials also attended the meeting.

According to the source, during the meeting Klaus Wendelberger handed  over to Varos Simonyan the official proposals of the German side on  financial and technical cooperation in connection with the regular  meeting of the Armenian-German intergovernmental commission in Berlin  July 21-22. He also informed that in order to discuss the details of  the upcoming meeting, an official delegation of the Ministry of  Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany is expected to visit  Armenia in the near future. The Deputy Ambassador noted the readiness  of the German government to continue to assist the Armenian  government in the reform process, especially in the economic sector,  paying particular attention to the development of the "green  economy",  and highlighting the SME sector and tourism.

Varos Simonyan, as co-chair of the Armenian-German intergovernmental  commission on the Armenian side, accepted the German proposal on the  date of the meeting and assured that the Armenian side would prepare  a package of questions for discussion during the visit of the German  delegation. The deputy minister thanked the German government for the  active support of Armenia for many years, emphasizing the importance  of this support for the development of the country's economy. He also  expressed hope that the next meeting of the Armenian-German  intergovernmental commission will contribute to the development of  trade and economic cooperation between the two countries.  Senior  Project Coordinator at KfW Bank in Armenia Bella Andriasyan briefly  presented the Bank's activities in Armenia, emphasizing its  participation in agricultural development programs, especially in the  field of agricultural insurance. The bank also supported the  establishment of the Tumo Center in Berlin.

In turn, Anne Dorit Kempa highlighted the ongoing work in the field  of SMEs and tourism.

At the end of the meeting, Varos Simonyan informed the guests that  the EU-Armenia investment forum would be held this fall and invited  the German side to participate in the event both at the level of  interested state structures and private companies and organizations.