SITTING OF ARMENIAN-GREEK INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMISSION ON ECONOMIC COOPERATION TO BE HELD IN YEREVAN IN APRIL

Noyan Tapan
Mar 27 2006

YEREVAN, MARCH 27, NOYAN TAPAN. Issues related to the trade and
economic cooperation between Armenia and Greece in agriculture,
agricultural processing and other spheres will be discussed at a
sitting of the Armenian-Greek intergovernmental commission on economic
cooperation to be held in April. Mushegh Sargsian, Deputy Director
of Export and Enterprise Development at the Armenian Development
Agency (ADA), told NT correspondent about it. According to him,
the Greek government pledged to provide some assisitance for the
development of Armenia’s agricultural complex. He noted that the
agency has established contacts with a number of Greek distributor
companies which take interest in exporting a number of Armenian
goods to Greece. In the words of M. Sargsian, ecologically clean
products are in great demand on the Greek market, while Armenia is
considered in Greece as a possible supplier of ecologically clean
foodstuffs. He said that in order to use this opportunity, a fbody
to certify the ecological purity of foodstuffs need to be set up in
Armenia. M. Sargsian underlined that Armenia will continue to implement
Armenian businessmen’s training programs jointly with Greece. He noted
that some Armenian wine makers have already undergone training in
Greece last year. It is envisaged that under a program prepared by the
ADA, the managers and marketing experts of 18-20 Armenian enterprises
in leather, footwear, leather clothing and article production will
undergo training in Greece this year.