ArmInfo. The Charge d'Affaires of the Republic of Armenia in Turkmenistan Arshak Gevorgyan and trade representative Karen Poghosyan met with t Minister of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations of Turkmenistan Orazmyrat Gurbannazarov.
As the press service of the Armenian Embassy in Turkmenistan reports, during the meeting they discussed prospects for enhancing bilateral trade and economic cooperation. The parties also touched on issues of increasing the volume of trade, opening trading houses and giving a new impetus to direct business contacts.
To note, according to the statistics committee of Armenia, the foreign trade turnover between the Republic of Armenia and Turkmenistan in January-August 2019 amounted to $ 4.4 million with a y-o-y decline of 79.4%, while exports increased by 45.4%, amounting to $ 2.6 million, while imports fell almost twice and amounted to $ 1.8 million.