Presidents Serzh Sargsyan and Miloš Zeman participate in Armenian-Czech business forum

YEREVAN, JANUARY 31, ARMENPRESS. Today the President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan being in the Czech Republic on an official visit and his counterpart in the Czech Republic Miloš Zeman participated in Armenian-Czech business forum at the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic.

“Armenpress” was informed from the Department for Mass Media and Public Relations of the President’s office of the Republic of Armenia that the Presidents welcomed the meeting of the businessmen in such format and the documents to be signed within the frames of it. President Miloš Zeman attached particular importance to agreements to be signed among separate regions of Armenia and the Czech Republic which form a good basis for the development of decentralized cooperation. Serzh Sargsyan and Miloš Zeman shared the opinion that Armenian-Czech economic relations have great potential, and businessmen played a significant role in using it fully assuring that they will jointly encourage expansion of ties and development of cooperation among the businessmen as much as possible.

President Serzh Sargsyan also introduced Armenia’s economic possibilities in his speech, activities towards continuous improvement of business and investment atmosphere, undertaken large-scale economic reforms the results of which found their reflection in the international ranking reports as well. According to them, Armenia, in particular, holds the 37th place among 185 countries in “Doing business” -2014 annual report released by the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation. Reacting on Armenia’s economic possibilities the President of the Republic said: “I think that the events of the last few months create more favorable conditions for entrepreneurship. The first one was our decision of September 3, 2013 on the accession to the Customs Union, in other words, it was our decision to join a market of 200 million. The second one was preferential trade regime re-establishment by the European Parliament in December with 9 countries, including the Republic of Armenia. So, we can be a connecting bridge having free movement with goods, labor force, and finance Customs Union, having preferential conditions of trade on the other hand. I think it is a very important thing that both I and Mr. Zeman are deeply interested in the fact that trade and economic relations between our two countries have rapid growth”.