Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia at a meeting with the Ambassador of  Georgia voiced key areas of cooperation

ArmInfo.Strengthening relations with Georgia is one of Armenia's foreign policy priorities. Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia Tigran Avinyan stated this during a  meeting with Georgian Ambassador to our country Giorgi Saganelidze.   According to the press service of the RA government, touching upon  the intergovernmental council, Avinyan pointed out the importance of  the consistent strengthening of the Armenian-Georgian friendly  interaction.

In turn, the Georgian diplomat expressed his conviction that thanks  to joint and effective activities on the bilateral agenda, ambitious  progress can be achieved.

The Deputy Prime Minister called the trade and economic cooperation  one of the key components of the Armenian-Georgian relations, adding  that there are all preconditions for the mutually beneficial  expansion of this industry. In this context, the importance of  resuming the work of the Armenian-Georgian intergovernmental  commission was indicated.

Avinyan also presented the situation with the Armenian prisoners held  in Azerbaijan, stressing that this issue is a priority for the  Armenian government.

The parties touched upon issues related to the international  transport corridor "Persian Gulf - Black Sea" and new opportunities  within its framework. In the context of improving transport links  between the two countries, the process of repairing roads from the  Bavra and Gogavan checkpoints deep into Georgia was discussed.

In order to intensify bilateral contacts and develop tourism, the  possibility of crossing the border using identification cards was  mentioned. The parties discussed the project of the North-South  energy corridor, the work already done in this direction, as well as  the planned steps.

To note, according to the RA Statistical Committee, the volume of  foreign trade turnover between Armenia and Georgia in  January-December 2020 amounted to $ 129.7 million with a y-o-y  decline of 12.9%. In particular, exports fell by 17% to $ 57.5  million, and imports by 9.4% to $ 72.2 million.