Budva hosted the first business forum

Armenia and Montenegro (the former Chernogoria) are old friends that have similar paths and have history.  The countries of “black mountains” and “black fields” have declared their independence with only a few years apart. Serbia was the first to recognize the independence of neighboring Chernogoria, while Azerbaijan started the war against Artsakh.

Our relationship with Montenegro, a country that has been independent for only seven years, is growing stronger just now. Montenegro intends to strengthen its relationships with Armenia especially in tourism sector. The Deputy Prime Minster of Montenegro, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Igor Lukšić, who was in Armenia few months ago, has mentioned during his visit that they intend to develop ties with Armenia also in the economic sector, hoping the relationship will be quite fruitful. It is worth mentioning that we have not developed economic ties with the country that has a population of 650,000 because the newly independent country is just beginning to form. Perhaps the first step that has been taken in bringing two countries closer together was the establishment of free visa regime, especially in summer months. The visit of Igor Lukšić to Armenia and his meeting with the President and the Prime Minister of Armenia was special because during the visit the parties agreed to launch the start of cooperation with a business forum in Montenegro. Continue reading →

On June 17-23, Marseille hosted “The French-Armenian Excellence Week” organized by the RA Ministry of Diaspora, the Embassy of RA in France and “Terre d’Armenie”. Within the celebrations, on June 20, the Mayor of Marseille Jean-Claude Gaudin awarded Charles Aznavour with the title of “Honorary Citizen of Marseilles” and the President of the Regional Council of Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur awarded him with the Medal of the Senate and the Province.  Armenian and French officials and guests participated at the event.  Two companies “Kilikia” and “Synopsys Armenia” were invited from Armenia, as examples of successful companies.  We spoke with the Director of Synopsys Armenia HOVIK MUSAYELYAN abut the event.

You had interesting meetings during one week in Marseille, including a meeting with Charles Aznavour, Henry Verneuil’s children, the Minister of Economy of Romania, who is Armenian. Would you share your experience with us? Continue reading →