2024-06-28 06:52:39
Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan participated at present within the session of the Council of Heads of Governments of the CIS member states by means of video hyperlink. Inside the agenda of the session, the contributors mentioned the present problems with commerce and financial cooperation inside the CIS.
Mher Grigoryan gave a speech in the course of the session.
“Expensive heads of presidency,
Expensive contributors of the session:
Making the most of this chance, I want to congratulate the Kazakh facet on the event of the beginning of the presidency of the Council of Heads of Authorities of the CIS and make sure the readiness of the Republic of Armenia to cooperate for the advantage of additional growth of cooperation. Expensive Alikhan Askhani, You possibly can at all times rely on our help.
As we speak’s assembly takes place within the context of worldwide financial transformations and important upheavals within the monetary techniques, which can’t however have an effect on the financial stability within the CIS and the monetary well-being of our states.
The Armenian facet attaches nice significance to the alternate of concepts on doable coordinated actions aimed toward making certain financial and monetary stability, we’re effectively conscious of the implications of the blockade coverage.
The economies of Armenia and the CIS international locations are intently interconnected. Russia is Armenia’s fundamental commerce and financial accomplice and ranks first in each export and import volumes. Russian investments are usually the most important in our nation. It’s apparent that the carried out particular financial regimes have additionally discovered their reflection within the economic system of Armenia. The introduction of restrictive measures is already having a big influence on the monetary markets of our area. There may be additionally a unfavourable influence on exports and a discount within the circulation of personal remittances.
Expensive Colleagues,
In such a scenario, in fact, one also needs to take into consideration new alternatives. On this context, it is very important alternate opinions on the difference of the economies of our international locations to the quickly altering circumstances, in addition to on doable joint actions aimed toward minimizing monetary and financial dangers and restoring financial steadiness.
On the similar time, it’s obligatory to not go to extremes and keep away from such actions that may result in the isolation of economies from international processes.
I’m positive that our involvement in a constructive dialogue is within the pursuits of the residents of the CIS international locations.
As for the bundle of paperwork on the agenda of at present’s session, I ought to point out that, certainly, the event of excessive applied sciences performs a key position in rising the competitiveness, effectivity and well-being of our states.
Within the fields of technological growth and digitization, we should pay due consideration to info safety points. From this standpoint, I contemplate it essential to undertake this system of precedence measures for the implementation of the data safety technique, making an allowance for the mutually acceptable formulations agreed throughout extra consultations in March of this 12 months.
Scientific relations with CIS member states proceed to develop within the area of basic and utilized analysis. Inside the framework of the CIS, various joint initiatives are carried out in numerous scientific and technical fields, which replicate the excessive degree of cooperation of the taking part states of the CIS.
I’m assured that the signing of the protocol “On Amendments to the Settlement on the Creation of a Widespread Scientific and Technological Space of the CIS Taking part States” will create new alternatives for interplay in step with the trendy traits within the growth of science, expertise, innovation, in addition to one of the best international expertise on this area.
The Republic of Armenia has at all times taken the place of encouraging using the potential of younger individuals within the CIS integration processes and strengthening the ties between the younger technology of our international locations. On this context, we help the event and adoption of the worldwide undertaking “Youth Capital of the CIS”, which is aimed toward involving the younger technology in all spheres of interstate relations by means of participation within the implementation of sustainable growth initiatives and packages.
The Armenian facet additionally helps the adoption of the idea of cooperation for the additional growth of viticulture and winemaking, which is aimed toward creating a lovely funding setting and favorable situations for the sustainable growth of this aggressive path. Cooperation on this area won’t solely contribute to increasing the geography of winemaking, rising the amount of home merchandise within the home market, together with the event of wine tourism, sightseeing routes and associated infrastructure, but in addition will elevate this a part of the agro-industrial advanced to a qualitatively new degree of growth, rising the share of winemaking merchandise within the export element.
Summing up, I want to emphasize as soon as once more the readiness of the Armenian facet to proceed lively participation within the path of additional growth of mutually useful cooperation between our international locations to be able to improve the soundness of economies and guarantee macroeconomic stability. I’m assured that our joint efforts will likely be profitable and efficient.
Expensive Colleagues,
Within the context of the Nagorno-Karabakh battle, I have to say that the Armenian authorities is dedicated to the strict implementation of the commitments set forth within the tripartite statements of the leaders of Armenia, Russia, and Azerbaijan on November 9, 2020, January 11, 2021, and November 26, 2021.
Amongst various unresolved points, essentially the most acute is the problem of Armenian prisoners of battle and different individuals held by Azerbaijan after a large-scale army aggression towards the individuals of Nagorno-Karabakh, which was stopped because of Russia’s mediation efforts and the deployment of a Russian peacekeeping drive. In keeping with the info confirmed by the Azerbaijani facet alone, 38 Armenian army and civilian individuals are nonetheless in Azerbaijani captivity, opposite to the assumed obligations, which is a violation of the norms and ideas of worldwide humanitarian legislation.
Relating to the 5 ideas voiced by the Azerbaijani facet, I ought to point out that the Armenian facet introduced six extra ideas in response, which replicate the approaches of the Armenian facet to the great settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh battle.
As soon as once more, I contemplate it essential to state that the Nagorno-Karabakh battle can’t be resolved by drive, and the Armenian facet helps the mediation position of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chair in selling the peace course of aimed completely on the political and diplomatic settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh battle.”