Friday, 2 February 2018
Armenia, Kazakhstan Prime Ministers Discuss Bilateral Cooperation Agenda
Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan who is in Almaty on a working visit met today with Prime Minister Bakijan Sagintayev of Kazakhstan.
Karen Karapetyan noted that the joint efforts had resulted in 51.2% growth in commodity turnover during the first 11 months of 2017 as compared to the same period in 2016. The two heads of government agreed that their countries should continue endeavoring to improve those indicators and expand economic ties.
The Armenian Premier stressed that there are many prospective projects in both countries that could be implemented jointly and on mutually beneficial terms.
The parties touched upon the possibilities of cooperation in information technologies, agriculture and mining. Karen Karapetyan called his counterpart’s attention to the opportunities available in the Free Economic Zone of Meghri, emphasizing that as coupled with other privileged trade regimes, it provides a good opportunity to enter other major markets through Armenia.
