PRESIDENT SERZH SARGSYAN MEETS WITH A GROUP OF THE ARMENIAN BUSINESSMEN FROM RUSSIA
ARKA
September 7, 2009
Yerevan
On Saturday President Serzh Sargsyan met with a group of the Armenian
businessmen from Russia, the presidential press office reported.
Noting, that the last meeting of this kind took place one year
ago, President Sargsyan said that such a time interval invites
to talk about the reached agreements and the process of their
implementation. According to the President of Armenia, despite the
difficulties created by the world economic and financial crisis
different programs are and will continue to be implemented.
The President of Armenia praised the role of the Armenian entrepreneurs
residing abroad in both promoting the standing and image of our country
and people, as well as in the preservation of the Armenian identity
and strengthening ties between Armenia and Diaspora. The President
of Armenia saluted the constant readiness of the participants to
the meeting to bring their contribution to Armenia’s economic
development and advancement through different investment projects.
Serzh Sargsyan also said that the necessity to hold such meeting was
conditioned by the fact that significant events related to our country
and our people were taking place now and informed the entrepreneurs
on the recent developments.
At the meeting discussed were also a possibility of a more productive
coordination and utilization o f Spyurk (Diaspora) potential,
particularly of the Armenian-Russian Diaspora, and the issues related
to energizing the works of the existing Diaspora organizations.