Evans: Business May Have Important Role in Solving Conflicts

PanARMENIAN.Net - «We believe that trade will lead to solving conflicts,» US Ambassador to Armenia John Evans stated during Common Future regional conference opened in Yerevan today. The event is organized by the American Trade Chamber of Armenia. In the Ambassador's words, though one cannot say that trade and economy prevail over the conflict, however these can have an impact on overcoming it. «Looking at the South Caucasus as a whole, one can see that conflicts are frequent here and business and trade can have an important role in solving these,» J. Evans said. In his opinion, the business and government need each other and can help each other. He urged all businessmen, who experience problems with business, address the American Trade Chamber of Armenia. We will solve all problems together, he said. «It is more important than other values,» Evans stated. Progress in reform of the judicial and legal system provides ground for economy improvement, he remarked. It should be noted that the American Trade Chamber of Armenia was founded in 2000 to discuss and solve problems experienced by the business community. The Chamber comprises 80 companies that hold US stocks or have a large-scale commodity turnover with the US.