ARMENIA MP: ARMENIAN-BELARUSIAN ECONOMIC COOPERATION PIVOT IS INFORMATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES AREA

Arka News Agency, Armenia
Feb 19 2007

YEREVAN, February 19. /ARKA/. The pivot of Armenian-Belarusian economic
cooperation is informational technologies area, Manvel Badeyan, head
of Armenian National Assembly’s Committee on Foreign Relations, said on
Friday at the second session of Armenian-Belarusian inter-parliamentary
commission in Yerevan.

"High technologies can become the basis for Armenian-Belarusian
economic partnership. Armenia has achieved certain results in this
area and can share experience with Belarus, who take some steps for
IT sector development", he said.

Badeyan also mentioned construction as another area for partnership.

In his words, both nations face construction boom now.

He said 4 million square meters were put into exploitation in 2006
in Belarus. In his words Belarus also face human resources shortage,
and Armenian construction companies can compensate it, if they are
given a right to take part in tenders for construction.