Business representatives from Russia and Armenia discussed issues of synchronizing the work of government agencies and the business community, as well as cooperation in the field of industrial cooperation, agriculture, tourism and education.
The meeting was held in the format of a business breakfast "on the sidelines" of the Eurasian Economic Forum in Yerevan, within the framework of a meeting of the business councils of Russia and Armenia under the leadership of the recently elected head of the Russian-Armenian Business Council Araika Tatoyan.
"Russia has been one of Armenia's main trading partners for many years. In 7 months of 2024, the mutual trade turnover increased almost 2.5 times, reaching a record 764 billion rubles," the Deputy Minister of Economic Development of Russia cited the data Dmitry Volvach. — Investment cooperation is actively developing between Russia and Armenia. The new supranational mechanism for financing industrial cooperation projects launched this year from the EAEU budget can become an important tool for supporting Russian-Armenian cooperation, in addition to existing national measures to support projects in the automotive industry, energy, logistics, digital technologies and tourism."
During the meeting, representatives of small and medium-sized businesses discussed topical issues of logistics, the possibility of air transport and seamless movement of goods across the land borders of the two countries.
The participants of the business breakfast paid special attention to the issues of personnel training, the needs of entrepreneurs in educational programs on economics and business development, in courses on professional retraining and advanced training.
"At the site of the All—Russian Academy of Foreign Trade of the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia, we are preparing to launch a new program for training managerial personnel, training programs in the field of foreign economic activity and improving labor productivity," said the rector of VAVT Vittoria Idrisova. — Representatives of the business community of Russia and Armenia are invited to participate in our new educational program for training sales specialists in the field of state and municipal procurement. The start of training is in October."
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