On June 20, the First Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Investments of the Republic of Armenia Garegin Melkonyan received the delegation of the European Commission’s “Generalised Scheme of Preferences+” (GSP+). The Head of Delegation of the European Union to Armenia, Ambassador Piotr Świtalski attended the meeting.

The delegation arrived in Armenia within the framework of GSP+ trade regime monitoring cycle and plans to have meetings with corresponding Ministries and institutions of Armenia, business community, civil society representatives, etc.

During the meeting, issues on the implementation of 27 core international conventions on human and labour rights, nature protection, the environment and good governance have been discussed. The parties also discussed the report of Armenia on GSP+.

On June 22, informational event-discussion with business environment representatives on the “Generalised Scheme of Preferences+” (GSP+) will take place at the Ministry of Economic Development and Investments of RA.