ARMENIA SHOULD COOPERATE MORE ACTIVELY WITH THOSE MARKETS, WITH WHICH IT HAD TRADITIONAL LINKS

Noyan Tapan

F eb 23, 2009

TSAKHKADZOR, FEBRUARY 23, NOYAN TAPAN. "The time for regional
cooperation has come, and it is necessary to cooperate more actively
with those markets, with which Armenia had traditional links," the
chairman of the Union of Manufacturers and Businessmen of Armenia
Arsen Ghazarian stated during the "Kamurj 2009" international economic
forum held in Tsakhkadzor on February 21-23.

Besides, according to him, more active cooperation should be
established with the countries with large and influential Armenian
communities. "The government’s economic assistance program attaches
special importance to support for export-oriented enterprises. These
steps and the financial problems of big "players" in the international
market may enable us to make our export-related potential more flexible
if we organize the export process more correctly and manufacture more
competitive production, if we do not become desperate and manage to
enter foreign markets confidently," he said.

A. Ghazarian pointed out agricultural produce processing, production
of mineral waters, cans, brandy and wines as the traditional exporting
branches. He expressed a hope that after a decline because of the
global economic crisis, the mining industry will recover in a few
months if international prices normalize a bit.