Armenian, Belarusian entrepreneurs to gather in Yerevan this fall for forum
16.07.2013,
17:37
Yerevan will host an Armenian-Belarusian business forum this fall, Armenian National Assembly Vice-speaker Eduard Sharmazanov said Tuesday at a news conference summarizing the results of a session of Armenian-Belarusian Inter-parliamentary Commission held from July 7 to 14 in Minsk.
YEREVAN, July 16. /ARKA/. Yerevan will host an Armenian-Belarusian business forum this fall, Armenian National Assembly Vice-speaker Eduard Sharmazanov said Tuesday at a news conference summarizing the results of a session of Armenian-Belarusian Inter-parliamentary Commission held from July 7 to 14 in Minsk.
He said representatives of the Belarusian Commerce and Industry Chamber and entrepreneurs will travel to Yerevan in September or October to attend the event.
Sharmazanov said that both Armenian and Belarusian lawmakers stressed that trade and economic relations between the two nations are lagging behind their political dialogue.
“To fill this gap it was decided to establish a sub-commission as part of the inter-parliamentary commission for developing trade and economic ties between the countries,” he added.
The vice-speaker also said that Armenian and Belarusian legislators also discussed ways to establish a free economic zone for the two countries in Brest.
Martin Sargsyan, MP from the Republican Party of Armenia and a member of the Armenian-Belarusian Inter-parliamentary Commission, on his side, said that representatives of nongovernmental organizations interested in development of Armenia-Belarus trade and economic relations will be included in the sub-commission as well.
He also said that necessary preparations are being made now to establish the Commerce House of Armenia in Belarus.
“Armenia is interesting for Belarus for it is a member of the World Trade Organization, and Belarus is interesting for Armenia because it is a member of the Customs Union,” he said. “It means Armenian-Belarusian joint enterprises will have access to many markets.”
According to the National Statistical Service of Armenia, Armenia’s trade turnover with Belarus amounted to $20.1 million in Jan-May 2013 after growing 19.7%, compared with the same period a year before. ---0----
