The Armenian-Turkish business forum organized at the initiative of the Union of Manufacturers and Businessmen (Employers) of Armenia (UMB(E)A) continued on August 16-17in the city of Van.
Within the framework of the forum the young Armenian representatives of business sector proceeded active intercourse with their Turkish counterparts. Business-to-business negotiations took place, during which the Armenian businessmen/entrepreneurs made visits to business facilities, companies and factories, located in Van, in order to get acquainted with the local production and business opportunities.
The Armenian side attended Van-based dairy and confectionery manufacturing enterprises, as well as visited the granite, marble, asphalt, concrete factories, trying to understand the possibilities of local young producers.
“Through such business visits the local market of Van will be studied more closely, as well as the unified efforts will be implemented while seeking ways for creating conditions of trade circulation between Armenian and Turkish markets, which will afterwards make a fertile ground for the development of trade and economic relations between two nations,” said Armen Melkonyan, the UMB(E)A Project Coordinator.
He noted that such kind of visits are extremely significant in terms of shaping a public opinion, as well as developing partnership relations, that’s why it’s important to be consistent and to advance in persistent steps.
During the meetings businessmen of two neighboring countries came to a preliminary agreement upon the bilateral co-operation.
At the end of the day, as it was provided, a memorandum of understanding was signed by the “Union of Young Employers of Yerevan and Adjacent Regions” (chairman - Mushegh Avetisyan) and the “Van Young Businessmen Union” (chairman - Eren Gökçenay). This document is to set up a new platform for cooperation between young businessmen of both sides.
The three-day business forum was held within the framework of “Young Businessmen to Promote Cross-border Economic Cooperation” project aiming to assist development of the economic relations between Armenia and Turkey, as well as to initiate and promote the cooperation between young businessmen of two nations.
