ArmenPress, Armenia
Oct 10 2018


PM Pashinyan assures Armenian Government will support all innovative
and creative ideas



YEREVAN, OCTOBER 10, ARMENPRESS. The Armenian Government will support
anyone wanting to do business in Armenia with the condition that their
activities will be fully in line with the law, ARMENPRESS reports
Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan announced in his speech at
the economic forum in the sidelines of the Francophonie summit.

The PM welcomed the participants in Armenia, at the symbolic “Tumo”
center, which, according to the PM, embodies the new Armenia.

“As you know Armenia is in a stage where once again its commitment to
values such as freedom, democracy, equality before the law, human
rights was reaffirmed. These values are also the basis of Francophonie
and the slogan of the velvet revolution. The velvet revolution was not
just a political act, but also a revolution of values. Finally, that
revolution will have no value if we fail to carry out an economic
revolution. In that sense, now we are in the most important stage of
our revolution and we have to ensure economic success with clear rules
for everyone who want and can start a business in Armenia”, Nikol
Pashinyan said.

The PM noted that those rules have been announced numerous times. But
the PM, taking advantage of the presence of numerous businessmen,
reiterated that they have two preconditions for anyone who wants to do
business in Armenia. “Any activity should be fully in line with the
law and we will help everyone to create maximally many jobs and of
course, pay taxes”, Pashinyan said, reassuring that the Government
will support everyone who will respect the two rules.

The PM noted that he was glad to learn that the main emphasis of the
works of the economic forum was on digital economy, since the goal of
the Government is to transfer Armenia into a high-tech country from an
agrarian one. “Those who are familiar with Armenia know that there are
enough human resources for implementing the economic transformation”,
PM Pashinyan underlined, adding that any creative and innovative idea
will be supported by the Government of Armenia.

The International Organisation of La Francophonie represents one of
the biggest linguistic zones in the world. Its members share more than
just a common language. They also share the humanist values promoted
by the French language. The French language and its humanist values
represent the two cornerstones on which the International Organisation
of La Francophonie is based.

The International Organisation of La Francophonie was created in 1970.
Its mission is to embody the active solidarity between its 84 member
states and governments (58 members and 26 observers), which together
represent over one-third of the United Nations’ member states and
account for a population of over 900 million people, including 274
million French speakers.

IOF organizes political activities and actions of multilateral
cooperation that benefit French-speaking populations. Its actions
respect cultural and linguistic diversity and serve to promote the
French language, peace and sustainable development.

IOF has concluded 33 cooperation agreements with international and
regional organisations and has established permanent dialogue between
the major international linguistic zones (the English, Portuguese,
Spanish, and Arab-speaking zones).

The IOF has its head office in Paris as well as four permanent
representations in Addis Ababa (at the African Union and at the United
Nations Economic Commission for Africa), in Brussels (at the European
Union), in New York and in Geneva (at the UN). It has three regional
offices (West Africa; Central Africa and Indian Ocean; Asia-Pacific)
located respectively in Lomé (Togo), Libreville (Gabon) and Hanoi
(Vietnam) and two regional antennas in Bucharest (Romania) and in
Port-au-Prince (Haiti).

Alongside the IOF, the Parliamentary Assembly of La Francophonie and
the four direct operators are responsible for implementing the
programs decided at the Summits. The four direct operators are: the
Academic Agency of La Francophonie, TV5Monde, the International
Association of Francophone Mayors and The Senghor University of
Alexandria.

58 Member States and Governments: Albania, Principality of Andorra,
Armenia, Kingdom of Belgium, French Community of Belgium, Benin,
Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada,
Canada-New-Brunswick, Canada-Quebec, Cape Verde, Central African
Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, , Cyprus, Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Djibouti, Dominica, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon,
Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Ivory Coast, Laos,
Lebanon, Luxembourg, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,
Madagascar, Mali, Morocco, Mauritius, Mauritania, Moldova, Monaco,
Niger, New-Caledonia, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Säo Tomé
and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Tunisia,
Vanuatu, Vietnam.

26 Observers: Argentina, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Canada-Ontario, South Korea, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic,
Dominican Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kosovo, Latvia,
Lithuania, Mexico, Montenegro, Mozambique, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia,
Slovenia, Thailand, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay.

Armenia is a member of the organization since 2008 and will assume the
presidency over the organization during this summit.

Edited and translated by Tigran Sirekanyan