Armenia may start shrimp productionNovember 28, 2015 - 12:40 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Minister of Agriculture Sergo Karapetyan met Friday, November 27 with Iran’s newly appointed ambassador to Armenia Seyyed Kazem Sajjadi. At the meeting, Karapetyan hailed the recently developed ties in the sector of agriculture between the two countries. The Minister further stressed the importance of development of bilateral cooperation by establishing anti-hail and dripping irrigation systems, as well as collaboration in farming, especially sheep and poultry breeding, the possibilities of creating joint greenhouse farms. Also, the parties discussed the possibility of starting shrimp production in Armenia, with the prospect of exporting the product to the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU). The ambassador, in turn, suggested bilateral cooperation in the sectors of flower and seed production, as well as tree breeding. Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion. Partner news | European Parliament to discuss repression in Azerbaijan The European Parliament will discuss repression of civil society in Azerbaijan on April 24 PACE wants concessions from Azerbaijan to accept Baku back A PACE co-rapporteur said that Azerbaijani authorities must make certain concessions so that the country can return to PACE. Cyprus parliament honors Armenian genocide victims Acting House President Zacharias Koulias noted that April 24 marks the “black anniversary” of the Armenian genocide. Armenia PM, France envoy discuss regional matters Issues related to the consistent development of Armenia-France cooperation were discussed. |