ArmInfo.I don't think that if roads are opened, Armenia will welcome Turkish companies with open arms. Minister of Economy of Armenia Vahan Kerobyan in an interview with Azatutyun expressed a similar opinion.
At the same time, he urged to look at this issue from the point of view of opportunities. If it is possible to register a long-term peace, according to the Minister, the country will come out of isolation, de-blockade, which is one of the biggest problems in terms of global competition. " If all this is organized successfully, then we will sharply increase the competitiveness not only of our country, but also of our companies and our citizens. If Turkish businesses can operate in Armenia, pay taxes here, open jobs, then this should happen, because the same will happen in Turkey as well. Let's not forget that Turkey is a market of 80-90 million - one of the closest major markets for us. Why not organize large-scale exports to the Turkish market", he asked.
At the end of 2021, the Armenian government decided not to extend the ban on the import of Turkish goods, introduced in the country at the end of December 2020, from January 1, 2022. As the minister previously reported, in 2020, goods worth $260 million were delivered from Turkey to Armenia, while the volume of Armenian exports amounted to about $2-3 million. By the end of 2021, as Kerobyan said, the volume of Turkish imports decreased by 10 times, and deliveries of Armenian goods were reset to zero. In mid-December 2021, the governments of Armenia and Turkey announced the appointment of special representatives to start a dialogue on normalizing relations.
