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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."

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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.

ArmInfo. There are encouraging preconditions for Armenia to receive a high-quality and abundant  harvest of apricots this year. Former Minister of Agriculture of Armenia Ashot Harutyunyan expressed a similar opinion during a press conference on April 16.

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ArmInfo. "Kazakhstan is interested in further developing a comprehensive partnership with Armenia, and  therefore today's visit is of particular importance to me," President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev stated on April 15 in Yerevan following negotiations with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.

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ArmInfo.Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is convinced that despite the growth in bilateral  trade turnover, there is still unrealized potential between Armenia and Kazakhstan in terms of developing trade and economic cooperation, stimulating investment and developing infrastructure ties and trade. 

ArmInfo. Armenia and the EU discussed the possibilities of expanding trade and economic cooperation. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Economy, referring to the results of the meeting between Minister Gevorg Papoyan and the Head of the EU Delegation to Armenia Vassilis  Maragos.

ArmInfo. Armenia's Deputy Minister of High-Tech Industry Gevorg Mantashyan hoisted Australian  Ambassador to Armenia John Geering. 

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ArmInfo.The World Bank has improved its forecast for Armenia's GDP growth for 2024 from the  previous 4.7% to an updated 5.5% (against the actual slowdown in growth in 2023 to 8.7% from 12.6% in 2022). For 2025, the economic growth forecast has also been improved, but less noticeably - from the previous 4.5% to an updated 4.9%. Over the medium term, GDP growth will gradually approach the potential 4.5%, and average  inflation will rise to the targeted 4%.

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ArmInfo.The refusal of some countries to service Russian Mir bank cards does not meet the common interests, says Elvira Nabiullina, Governor of the RF Central Bank. According to her, Russia continues to explain to partners that everyone is interested in creating "working payment systems."

ArmInfo. Based on the results of the recent Moscow consultations regarding the violations committed  by the Russian side of the intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in the field of mass communications, consensus could not be reached. Minister of High-Technological Industry of the Republic of Armenia  Mkhitar Hayrapetyan stated on April 10 during the government hour in the National Assembly of Armenia.

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