STATE COMMISSION FOR PROTECTION OF ECONOMIC COMPETITION AND OSCE YEREVAN OFFICE TO CONDUCT MONITORING OF COMPETITIVENESS

ARKA
Feb 10, 2010

YEREVAN, February 10, /ARKA/. David Harutunian, chairman of Armenia’s
State Commission for Protection of Economic Competition, said today
the anti-trust agency and the OSCE Yerevan Office will join efforts to
find out how economic competition is protected beyond the capital city.

Speaking to journalists after a meeting with head of the OSCE Yerevan
Office, Sergey Kapinos, he said they discussed a set of cooperation
related issues. He said the anti-trust body and the OSCE Yerevan
Office will sign soon a cooperation memorandum.

The two men singled out decentralization of the market and boosting
small and medium businesses as an effective means to improve the
competitiveness level. Sergey Kapinos said the OSCE Yerevan Office will
help the Commission to assess the competitiveness level in regions.