Armenia, France sign roadmap for economic cooperationDecember 10, 2021 - 11:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and French Secretary of State Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne have signed a roadmap for bilateral economic cooperation between Armenia and France for 2021-2026. Mirzoyan and Lemoyne presided over the first session of the bilateral working group on French-Armenian economic cooperation in Paris on Thursday, December 9. The main objective of the roadmap is to create a strategy and framework for bilateral economic programs between Armenia and France for the next five years, which will include infrastructure, urban development, energy, agriculture, tourism, innovation, high technology, health and other fields. During the talks, the sides stressed the importance of diversifying trade and economic relations between the two countries, the need to enrich cooperation with new economic programs and the activation of mutual investments. The two also noted the need to intensify contacts between the French and Armenian businesses, in particular through mutual visits of delegations and the organization of economic events. The current activity of the French Development Agency in Armenia was highlighted, the implementation of new programs was highlighted. Top stories The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. London’s Armenian community has been left feeling “under attack” after the city’s Genocide monument was vandalised. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. Armenia to sing in 2nd semi-final of Eurovision The organizers of Eurovision 2024 have revealed the running order of the countries in the two semi-finals. |