ArmInfo.Armenian President Armen Sarkissian received today Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France to Armenia Jonathan Lacote
The interlocutors discussed the current agenda of the Armenian-French relations, including the prospects for the development of economic cooperation, in particular, in the field of technology. The sides exchanged views on current international and regional issues.
It should be noted that Armenia's foreign trade turnover with the EU countries in January-February 2021 remained in a downward trend with an acceleration of the annual rate from 1.9% to 3.2%, amounting to $188.9 million. The negative balance of Armenia's foreign trade with the EU countries amounted to $36.4 million, increasing in January-February 2021 by 19.3% per annum (against a decline of 23.4% in the same period in 2020). The share of Armenia's foreign trade turnover with the EU countries in the total structure of foreign trade increased from 18.8% to 20.4% in the annual context.
In the structure of Armenia's foreign trade with the EU countries, France accounts for 9% or $16.9 million (with a deterioration in the annual dynamics from 61.5% growth to 1% decline). The negative balance of Armenia's foreign trade with France decreased by 6.8% to $14.95 million. Exports to France jumped 2.1 times-to $981.5 thousand, with a decline in imports of goods from France by 4.1% - to $15.9 million, while a year earlier an impressive jump was observed in imports (2 times) with a significant decline in exports (by 80.1%).