LIFTING OF ARMENIA’S BLOCKADE URGENT ISSUE: ARMENIAN PRESIDENT

YEREVAN, APRIL 11. ARMINFO. Competitiveness in international
transport operations is one of the possible results of the opening of
the Armenian-Turkish border, Armenia’s President robert Kocharyan said
during his meeting with Yerevan State University students today.

The lifting of Armenia’s blockade by Turkey might reduce the
transportation obstacle in business and make Armenian goods more
competitive abroad.

But the blockade has positive aspects too – high transportation costs
have resulted in more intensive production of import substituting
commodity. “Now that we have replaced the import and are thinking more
about export the lifting of the blockade is becoming an urgent
problem,” says Kocharyan. “Every cloud has a silver lining – and there
are seldom absolutely negative phenomena in economy,” he notes.