ARMINFO News Agency, Armenia
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 Yerevan and Athens are looking for ways to deepen economic cooperation

Yerevan October 27

Mariana Mkrtchyan. In Athens, the first meeting of the special working
group of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Armenia and Greece was
held.

As the press service of the Armenian Foreign Ministry told ArmInfo,
Shahen Avagyan, Secretary General of the RA Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, headed the group from the Armenian side, and Yannis
Amanatidis, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs headed the Greek
side. The Ambassador of Armenia to Greece Fadey Charchoghlyan also
participated in the meeting.

On the agenda of the meeting is discussion of ways to stimulate
economic relations between the two countries. The two sides,
expressing satisfaction with the existing level of political
relations, stressed the need to use all the potential for bringing to
the same level the economic interaction.

Amanatidis stressed that Greece is consistent in the issue of
promoting bilateral relations with Armenia through active cooperation
in all areas of mutual interest. He expressed hope that this special
group will help define promising areas for the development of trade
and economic relations.

Avagyan noted the value of the existing strong regulatory framework in
the economic sphere between the two countries and presented possible
directions for the development of the Armenian-Greek economic
relations, including the involvement of Greek companies in the work of
the Free Economic Zone opening in Armenia; activation of cooperation
of Greece with the Eurasian Economic Union, through Yerevan; use of
opportunities, within the framework of Armenia-EU cooperation
("Horizon 2020", GSP +, COSME).

The meeting also touched upon a wide range of issues, including the
participation of Greek companies in the business forum held in the
fields of the Francophonie summit in Yerevan in 2018, the holding of
the Armenian-Greek business forum, the organization and holding of the
next meeting of the Armenian-Greek intergovernmental commission on
economy, industry and technology.