"FRUITFUL ARMENIA" AND "ARMAGROFORUM" FORUMS TO BE HELD IN ARMENIA FROM SEPTEMBER 30 TO OCTOBER 2

Noyan Tapan

Se p 29, 2008

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 29, NOYAN TAPAN. The RA Ministry of Agriculture with
the support of the Argentinean Armenian businessman Eduardo Eurnekian
will hold "Fruitful Armenia" and "Armagroforum" joint international
forums in Yerevan on September 29 – October 2. Foreign experts in
agriculture, Diasporan Armenian businessmen and ambassadors accredited
to Armenia will participate in the forums.

The RA Minister of Agriculture Aramais Grigorian said at the
September 29 press conference that the purpose of the forums is
to develop cooperation with foreign companies and the Diaspora
and to encourage direct links betweem local producers and foreign
commercial organizations. According to him, the work done in Armenia’s
agricultural sector so far, as well as the prospects and directions
of developing rural communities in our country in the next 5 years
will be presented at the forums.

The minister said that thanks to the previous forums, Armenian
agricultural processing companies are cooperating closely with
representatives of agricultural sectors of China, Thailand, India,
Argentina, the U.S, the CIS and Baltic states. "Such forums are of
great importance to us because they will allow us to achieve the
development of the Armenian agriculture and raise the level of food
self-sufficiency by using the experience of developed countries,"
he stated.

An interenational conference with the participation of rectors and
scientists from agricultural universities of CIS countries will
take place during the forums at the Armenian State Agricultural
University. Trips to farms and food industry enterprises will be
organized for conference participants. Besides, at the invitation of
E. Eurnekian, the famous composer Alisa Terzian will give a concert,
while the world-famous tennis player David Nalbandian will conduct
tennis master classes within the framework of the forums in Armenia.