Yerevan/Mediamax/. Constituent assembly of the “Armenian Commercial Network” was held in Yerevan today with the participation of the members of Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Armenia (CCIA) and the Armenian-Canadian Council of Businessmen.

The network has been established upon the initiative of Armenian Ministry of Diaspora, Mediamax reports. Armenian Prime Minister and Minister of Economy took part in the event.

As Minister of Diaspora Hranush Hakobian noted, the Armenian Commercial Network will aim at creating a network of Armenian business-unions acting in various countries, attracting numerous businessmen of Armenian decent to the new global network and creating a united cooperation platform.

CCIA Chairman Martin Sargsian said that the creation of a united economic platform will attach new impulse to the development of business ties between Armenia and Diaspora.