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BUSINESS DELEGATION OF SAINT PETERSBURG PAYS VISIT TO ARMENIA
Noyan Tapan
Oct 29, 2008
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 29, NOYAN TAPAN. An agreement on cooperation was
signed on October 29 between the Union of Manufacturers and Businessmen
of Armenia (UMBA) and the Information and Business Center of Saint
Petersburg that has operated in Yerevan for two years. The UMBA
chairman Arsen Ghazarian and the center head Hamlet Minasian signed
the document.
The sigining of the agreement took place within the framework of a
three-day visit of a delegation of Saint Petersburg's businessmen
and administrative workers of the economic sector. The delegation
arrived in Armenia on October 28. It is led by the head of Saint
Petersburg's Vasilevskiostrovski district Alexander Isayev and
composed of businessmen engaged in such sectors as tourism, mechanical
engineering, and mining industry.
During a meeting with UMBA representatives held before the signing
ceremony, A. Isayev said that the international financial crisis has
not left a negative impact on the development of Saint Petersburg's
economy, which is evident from the fact that the tax revenues have
not declined as compared with last year. According to him, there was
no decline in the number of tourists to Saint Petersburg either.
The RA deputy minister of economy Vahe Danielian spoke about Armenia's
economic development, saying that the country is proceeding along
the path of developing a knowledge-based and innovation economy.
The CEO of UMBA Gagik Makarian said that business links between
Armenia and the second largest city of Russia are almost absent,
and the sides have the problem of getting information about each
other's opportunities.
An Armenia - Saint Petersburg business forum will be held on October
30, during which face-to-face talks will also be organized with
Armenian businessmen. The Russian businessmen plan to visit some
Armenian enterprises.
Noyan Tapan
Oct 29, 2008
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 29, NOYAN TAPAN. An agreement on cooperation was
signed on October 29 between the Union of Manufacturers and Businessmen
of Armenia (UMBA) and the Information and Business Center of Saint
Petersburg that has operated in Yerevan for two years. The UMBA
chairman Arsen Ghazarian and the center head Hamlet Minasian signed
the document.
The sigining of the agreement took place within the framework of a
three-day visit of a delegation of Saint Petersburg's businessmen
and administrative workers of the economic sector. The delegation
arrived in Armenia on October 28. It is led by the head of Saint
Petersburg's Vasilevskiostrovski district Alexander Isayev and
composed of businessmen engaged in such sectors as tourism, mechanical
engineering, and mining industry.
During a meeting with UMBA representatives held before the signing
ceremony, A. Isayev said that the international financial crisis has
not left a negative impact on the development of Saint Petersburg's
economy, which is evident from the fact that the tax revenues have
not declined as compared with last year. According to him, there was
no decline in the number of tourists to Saint Petersburg either.
The RA deputy minister of economy Vahe Danielian spoke about Armenia's
economic development, saying that the country is proceeding along
the path of developing a knowledge-based and innovation economy.
The CEO of UMBA Gagik Makarian said that business links between
Armenia and the second largest city of Russia are almost absent,
and the sides have the problem of getting information about each
other's opportunities.
An Armenia - Saint Petersburg business forum will be held on October
30, during which face-to-face talks will also be organized with
Armenian businessmen. The Russian businessmen plan to visit some
Armenian enterprises.