Armenia and Georgia outline new ways to further develop and  strengthen cooperation

ArmInfo. Armenia and Georgia have outlined new ways to further develop and strengthen cooperation.  This is stated in the published letter addressed to the President of  Georgia Salome Zurabishvili by the President of Armenia Armen  Sarkissian, following his official visit to Georgia.

In particular, the Head of state noted that the two countries have  common interests and promising future cooperation in the field of new  technologies, artificial intelligence, education and science,  infrastructure development, energy, transport, etc.

I am confident that the practical and effective agreements reached  during the visit will further deepen cooperation between our  countries in various fields for the benefit of our fraternal peoples.   I fully agree that we are responsible for the formation of relations  between the future generations of the Armenian and Georgian peoples,  "Armen Sarkissian wrote.

It should be noted that according to the RA State Committee, the  foreign trade turnover between Armenia and Georgia in 2020 decreased  by 12.9% to $129.7 million. At the same time, exports showed a  decline of 17%, amounting to $57.5 million, while imports decreased  by 9.4% to $72.2 million.

At the same time, in the first 2 months of 2021, there is a recovery  in trade turnover between the countries. Thus, during the reporting  period, the volume of mutual trade increased by 24.3%, amounting to  $20.1 million, with an increase in exports by 10.3% to $8 million,  imports by 35.7% to $12.1 million