Senator Portantino to Participate in MOU Signing Ceremony to Inaugurate California’s New Trade and Services Desk in Armenia
PRESS ADVISORY
For Immediate Release: May 27, 2021
Contact: Lerna Shirinian, (818) 807-6091
Senator Portantino to Participate in MOU Signing Ceremony to Inaugurate California’s New Trade and Services Desk in Armenia
Sacramento, California – Senator Anthony J. Portantino (D – La Canada Flintridge) announced today that he will participate in the Memorandum of Understanding signing ceremony with the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) and Impact Hub Armenian Social Innovation Development Foundation (Impact Hub Yerevan) on June 1, 2021 to establish a Trade and Services Desk in Armenia.
“Formal trade relations between California and Armenia have long been a priority of the Armenian American community in California,” stated Senator Portantino. “I am proud to have helped launch this historic trade opportunity and to have it set up in Yerevan is of particular importance to me and Armenian neighbors across the 25th Senate District. I am incredibly grateful to Governor Newsom, High Commissioner Sinanyan, Lieutenant Governor Kounalakis, and GO-Biz Director Dee Dee Myers for their leadership and commitment to this important endeavor.”
WHO: Honorable Anthony J. Portantino, California State Senator
Honorable Eleni Kounalakis, California Lieutenant Governor
Dee Dee Myers, Director, Governor’s Office of Business & Economic Development
Zareh Sinanyan, High Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs
Raffi Kassarjian, Impact Hub Yerevan
WHAT: California-Armenia MOU Signing & Establishment of Trade and Services Desk
WHERE: Livestream available via Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DiasporaGovAm
WHEN: Tuesday, June 1, 2021 at 8:00 AM PST – 7:00 PM AMT
The California Trade and Services Desk will establish Armenian and California as economic partners, strengthen efforts for mutual economic benefit, and encourage trade and investment by California and Armenia businesses. Yerevan is the first California International Trade and Services Desk to be established by the Newsom administration. California is home to the largest Armenian American community in the United States.
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