Armenian Minister of Economy, Artsvik Minasyan
YEREVAN (News.am)—The Armenian Government will propose measures against buying and selling goods from Turkey, Minister of Economy, Artsvik Minasyan, said in parliament on Wednesday.
Upon the instruction of the Prime Minister, the Ministry of Economy is conducting research regarding the goods which pose a threat to the national economy of Armenia, both in terms of their quality and competitiveness.
Armenian-Turkish economic relations directly stem from the political ones and a complete package of measures should be presented here, the Minister added.
Minasyan said “It is necessary to consider that Armenia is a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and cannot use protectionist measures which are not in line with the charter of that organization. We have an important fact here: when Armenia was joining the WTO, Turkey made a reservation to the WTO Marrakesh Agreement stating that it doesn’t consider Armenia an organization member and will not extend the observation of these rules over the country.â€
