ArmInfo.On April 18, the Head of the NA Civil Contract Faction Hayk Konjoryan received the  delegation led by the Vice Minister of the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Chen Zhou. The Deputy Chair of the NA Standing Committee on Regional and  Eurasian Integration Vagharshak Hakobyan and the MP Alkhas Ghazaryan also attended the meeting.

ArmInfo. Armenia considers the participation of American capital in the country's mining industry  important, Armenia's Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure Hovhannes Harutyunyan stated at a meeting with Mr Warren Wilson, Economic Unit Chief, U.S. Embassy in Armenia.

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ArmInfo. I do not share the optimism that Armenia will be able to diversify its export markets in  a few years; maybe it will be possible to somewhat reduce its dependence on the Russian market.  Emil Stepanyan, co-founder of the Export Armenia Association of Experts stated  in a conversation with  an ArmInfo correspondent.

ArmInfo. Since April 15, 2024, carbonated and non-carbonated waters in Armenia will undergo digital  labeling according to EAEU standards. The resolution was adopted on April 18 at a meeting of the RA government.

ArmInfo.. There is no need to rush to conclusions that agriculture is experiencing a crisis; the sector is now being transformed into agribusiness, so time is needed. Arsen Bazikyan, President at Lessor's Association of Armenia, expressed a similar opinion in a conversation with an ArmInfo correspondent.

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ArmInfo. Armenia intends to join the e-CMR protocol, which reduces cargo clearance costs, eliminates  administrative delays and delays in invoicing, and also reduces the number of discrepancies at destinations and improves transparency and security at all stages of logistics chains.

ArmInfo. On April 18, the Cabinet of Ministers of Armenia approved the proposal to sign an agreement  attached to the agreement between the Republic of Armenia and KfW "Financial cooperation of Germany with the Republic of Armenia: "Combined water resources management/Akhuryan River I (Phase 2 of the project)>.

ArmInfo.At their meeting, Armenian FM Ararat Mirzoyan and Minister of Economy and Planning of  Saudi Arabia Faisal bin Fadhil Alibrahim discuss issues of development of bilateral economic ties. 

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ArmInfo.The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has improved its forecast for Armenia's GDP for  2024 from the previous 5% to an updated 6% (versus actual 8.7% growth in 2023), with a slowdown to 5.2% in 2025. This is noted in the IMF World Economic Outlook, April 2024; Steady but Slow: Resilience amid  Divergenc."

ArmInfo.On April 17, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Tigran Khachatryan received  Philippe Guitard, the Senior Executive Vice President of Central & Eastern Europe at Veolia Environnement. The meeting was also attended by Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure Vache Terteryan and  General Director of Veolia Djur Marianna Shahinyan.

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ArmInfo.The Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission has made changes to the regulation of  issues of import/export of precious metals and commodities containing precious metals.

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ArmInfo.The Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development (EFSD) prepared a new working paper,  "Assessing the Potential Impact of Natural Disasters on Debt Sustainability in Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan."

ArmInfo. On April 17, Converse Bank began the initial placement of dram and dollar bonds in the  amount of 5 billion drams and $10 million in 2024. This is noted in the Bank's statement.

ArmInfo.The following fact sheet was released in partnership with the U.S. Department of State,  the United States Agency for International Development, and the United States International Development Finance Corporation during the Joint EU-US-Armenia High Level Meeting in Support of Armenia.