YEREVAN, OCTOBER 24, NOYAN TAPAN. During the 5th Armenia - Artsakh - Slovakia business forum held in Yerevan on October 19-20, the Slovakian side proposed that the management of Viasphere Technopark should organize work on creation of a technopark in Slovakia, Ashot Grigorian, businessman, head of the Armenian community of Slovakia, announced at the October 24 press conference. In his words, the Slovakian government is prepared to create all conditions for establishing a teachnopark with Armenian investments. Besides, the Slovakian side expressed an intention to use the knowhow of Armenian applied science, with intensive negotiations being conducted with this aim. According to A. Grigorian, during the business forum, Kon-Rad company (Slovakia) engaged in food export and import was conducting preliminary negotiations on import of Armenian dried fruit, concentrated apricot and pomegranate juices, and other foodstuffs into Slovakia, while Energoconsult company was negotiating the issues of continuing the programs on construction of small hydropower plants in Armenia and starting such programs in Artsakh. It was pointed out that there are no difficulties with Armenia-Slovakia cargo transportation thanks to the proper operation of Burgas-Poti and Varna-Poti ferries. In the opinion of A. Grigorian, even if Turkey lifts the blockade of Armenia, the motor transport transit route through this country will not be used to communicate with Central and North Europe because the indicated route through Turkey is longer.

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