At the initiative of Deputy Minister of Economy of Armenia Varos Simonyan, the Ministry of Economy hosted a meeting with representatives of companies supplying and producing certain products for large trade networks in order to discuss several issues and predetermine the paths for possible solutions together.

Among the attendees were Deputy Chairman of the State Revenue Committee of Armenia Artur Manukyan, Head of the Business Support Office (BSO) Gevorg Poghosyan, as well as representatives of the State Commission for the Protection of Economic Competition, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Economy and the Business Support Office.

The business relations of large trade networks and suppliers were particularly discussed during the meeting. In their turn, representatives of agriculture companies expressed concern about the unequal competition in the local market in certain cases.

The participants of the meeting were also informed that the SCPEC has developed an advisory guide for the purpose of regulating the faithful ties between trade networks and supplying companies.

On February 19, 2021, issues related to large trade networks, including supplies, sale of local products and other issues were touched upon during the session of the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Development Council chaired by Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia Tigran Avinyan.