New Armenian free economic zone launches in MeghriDecember 15, 2017 - 17:06 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Meghri free economic zone in Armenia's south launched on Friday, December 15, with prime minister Karen Karapetyan attending the event. Karapetyan expressed confidence that the idea will live up to its expectations as everything is logical. The prime minister gave a positive assessment of the work performed so far, but said that much should be done regularly to achieve better results. According to minister of economic development and investments Suren Karayan, the FEZ will enable the balanced territorial development of the country, boost the global competitiveness of the national economy, manufacture of competitive products. In late November, minister of economic development and investments Suren Karayan has visited the Meghri free economic zone. 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 | Turkey extends military presence in Azerbaijan The Turkish parliament has adopted a bill submitted by Recep Tayyip Erdogan to extend the mandate of Turkish troops. Russia to begin assessing migrant workers' speaking skills Rosobrnadzor is planning to change the Russian language exam for migrant workers and include an assessment of speaking skills Armenian, Saudi Foreign Minister meet in Riyadh The two commended the positive dynamics of the development of political dialogue between Armenia and Saudi Arabia Pashinyan: Azerbaijan’s proximity shouldn’t worry border residents At the same time, he said that he “does not guarantee [the security of villagers] one hundred percent”. |