YEREVAN AND GENEVA SIGNED CONVENTION FOR AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION

PanARMENIAN.Net
12.06.2006 13:58 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenia and Switzerland signed the Convention
for the Avoidance of Double Taxation on Income and Property. The
document was signed by Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian and
Head of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs Micheline
Calmy-Rey. At a joint press conference the FMs of the two states
stressed the importance of the document for the development of the
economic ties between Armenia and Switzerland. According to Ms.
Calmy-Rey the Convention will convey a new impulse to the relationships
between the two states. As for the relations with the European Union,
the Swiss Foreign Minister reminded that Switzerland lie Armenia
is not a member of the organization. “Alike our country Armenia
participates in the European Neighborhood Policy program. Nevertheless
we successfully cooperate in the fields presenting mutual interest. I
should underscore that Armenia and Switzerland enjoy good political
relations,” she said.