Representatives of Armenia’s Center for Strategic Initiatives visit Russia
YEREVAN, JUNE 2, ARMENPRESS. The representatives of Center for Strategic Initiatives (CSI) of Armenia visited Moscow and St. Petersburg at the invitation of the Russian Agency for Strategic Initiatives, the CSI told Armenpress.
The CSI representatives had meetings with their partners of the Russian Agency for Strategic Initiatives, Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC), Russian Government’s Analysis Center, Economic Development Ministry, World Bank, Sberbank, WorldSkills Russia, the Russian Leaders’ Club during which numerous directions were discussed and outlined.
On the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF 2017), CSI Executive Director Alexander Khachaturyan presented the report on ‘Armenia’s development directions: reforms and new opportunities’, where he talked about the ongoing reforms, the country’s new opportunities for investors and businessmen. He especially highlighted Armenia’s role as a chance to enter markets of EAEU, EU, Iran and the Middle East, as well as Armenia’s potential in different fields, including information and high technologies, renewable energy, agriculture and agroindustry, tourism, education, mining industry, finances and banking, pharmaceutics and etc.
The event was attended by Armenia’s Vice Prime Minister, Minister of International Economic Integration and Reforms Vache Gabrielyan, Armenian Ambassador to Russia Vardan Toghanyan, Armenia’s Consul General to St. Petersburg Hrayr Karapetyan, representatives of business, state and international organizations participating in the Forum.
Agreement on comprehensive cooperation between the CSI and the Russian Agency for Strategic Initiatives was signed in St. Petersburg.