ArmInfo.On September 14, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan received the members of the International Council of the Institute of Strategic Solutions of Global Problems named after Boris Mints, who in Yerevan together with the colleagues of the Armenian-Russian (Slavonic) University organized a session on "Small Transition Economies: Local Responses to Universal Challenges".
The President of the Republic sent a message to the session. As the press service of the Armenian leader told ArmInfo, Serzh Sargsyan welcomed the leading experts and professors, well-known politicians and philanthropists who arrived in Armenia, who are concerned with pressing global problems and challenges and are ready to invest their great experience and knowledge, uniting efforts for fruitful consultations and finding the right solutions.
In this context, the President highly appreciated the activities of the Boris Mints Institute and the dedication of all members of the Council to this important cause, stressing that in all countries the authorities always need the advice and suggestions of experienced people, and in this respect Armenia is open and ready for dialogue. Expressing gratitude to the President of the Republic for the reception, Boris Mintz and other participants of the meeting noted with satisfaction that the session held in Yerevan was quite interesting and fruitful, giving the opportunity to listen to different opinions and views of experts from the Armenian side, academics and professors, state structures on the prospects of the country's development and strategic directions. At the meeting, Serzh Sargsyan briefly presented to the guests the way traveled by Armenia during the period of independence, the process of development, efforts aimed at building a state based on democracy, a strong civil society and a market economy, existing challenges and prospects for development.
The Yerevan session of the forum "Global Challenges: Strategic Policy Decisions" is devoted to the theme of "Small Transition Economies: Local Answers to Global Challenges" and is held as part of the events dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the Russian- Armenian University (RAU). The event was organized jointly with the "Institute for Strategic Political Solutions for Global Challenges" them. Boris Mints. At the beginning of the event, Armenian President's Aide Hovhannes Nikoghosian read out the welcoming speech of the Head of State Serzh Sargsyan to the participants of the event.