German Technical Cooperation Company to open Office in Armenia
armradio.am
28.11.2008 15:59
The Prime Minister of Armenia, Tigran Sargsyan, received the Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Germany to Armenia Andrea Victorin
and Director of the German Technical Cooperation Company Frank
Tibitantsel.
The Prime Minister appreciated the Armenian-German cooperation, noting
that the Federal Republic of Germany is the second large investor in
Armenia after the United States. The parties attached importance to the
programs the German Technical Cooperation Company implements in Armenia
within the framework of bilateral technical cooperation. The guests
informed the Prime Minister about the intention of opening an Office of
the German Technical Cooperation Company in Armenia in the near future,
which, according to them, will contribute to the development of
bilateral cooperation.
Frank Tibitantsel turned to the importance of new programs of
encouraging especially the private companies. One of them is a regional
program, which has already started and is called a `Program of
promoting the private economy in the South Caucasus. The German side
has had a number of meetings in Armenia with state and private
representatives to clarify the directions of cooperation.
The German Ambassador and the Director of the German Technical
Cooperation Company attached importance to working out and implementing
steps in the direction of promoting the
exports, improving the food
security, eliminating the obstacles in the sphere of trade.
Stressing the importance of the above-mentioned approaches, the Prime
Minister underlined that the Armenian Government prioritizes the
programs targeted at promoting the economic growth in the country.
According to Tigran Sargsyan, today this issue is urgent not only for
Armenia, but also for world economy, in general. Any investment program
in Armenia should be considered from that point of view, the Prime
minister said.