Naira Badalian. The Minister of Transport, Communications and Information Technologies of Armenia Ashot Hakobyan and the Italian Ambassador to Armenia Vincenzo Del Monaco discussed today prospects of Armenian-Italian cooperation in various sectors of the economy of Armenia. According to the press service of the Armenian Ministry of Transport, Ashot Hakobyan stressed the importance of the involvement of Italian leading companies in various programs implemented in Armenia.

The Minister expressed satisfaction with the participation of Italian speciaists in the road consturction in Armenia. Hakobyan mentioned the improtance of their participation int he upcoming projects of road construction. The Ambassador in turn expressed readiness to exert all the efforts for enlarging economic ties between the two countries. According to him, the feedback from Italian specialists about Armenia is so positive that a lot of companies have expressed intention to invest in the Armenian economy, participating in implementaion of various economic programs.

To note, according to the Armenian Statistics trade turnover between Armenia and Italy totaled $200 mln in 2017 versus $160,6 mln in 2016. The export totaled $37mln, import $163 mln.