Armenia and Emirates have unused potential
Armenian Ambassador to the UAE Vahagn Melikyan had a meeting with Minister of Economy of the UAE Sultan Bin Sayid Al Mansuri. During the meeting, a broad range of issues related to the activation of Armenian-Emirates economic ties, the outline of perspective spheres for cooperation and the implementation of investment programs was discussed.
The sides underlined that there is great potential that is not used in trade, investments and joint economic projects and that it can be used through joint, consistent efforts. Both sides attached importance to the spheres of agriculture, information technologies, tourism and the development of infrastructures for the latter.
The ambassador informed that Armenia already has a center for storing and transferring agricultural products and expressed certainty that it would best promote the export of Armenian products to the UAE.
Then, Ambassador Melikyan presented the main directions and challenges of the Armenian government's policy on investments, as well as transmitted print materials and DVDs about them.
The sides attached importance to the convening of a session of the Armenian-Emirates inter-governmental commission, which may become the best platform for discussing cooperation in the above mentioned spheres at the professional level, reports the MFA press service.