ARMENIAN-BELARUSIAN COOPERATION PROMISING IN HIGH AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES, JEWELRY MAKING AND AGRICULTURAL SECTORS

Noyan Tapan
Oct 23 2006

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 23, NOYAN TAPAN. The Belarusian Prime Minister Sergei
Sidorski, who is on an official visit to Armenia, was received on
October 23 by the Armenian President Robert Kocharian. R. Kocharian
expressed a satisfaction at the current dynamics of the relations
between the two countries, noting that the Belarusian prime
minister’s visit will contribute to the further development of the
cooperation. Speaking about his first impressions about Yerevan, Sergei
Sidorski said that the active construction work underway in the city
catches the eye, which bears evidence of Armenia’s economic progress.

Adressing the Armenian-Belarusian economic cooperation, the sides
noted that today the commodity turnover is not so large, although it
has a tendency to grow.

They indicated high and information technologies, jewelry making
and agriculture as promising sectors in terms of cooperation. The
interlocutors exchanged information about the economic policies of
Armenia and Belarus, and the current situation in various sectors of
the economy of each country.