British trade envoy arrives in Armenia for investment talksFebruary 13, 2018 - 13:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The British trade envoy to Armenia and Georgia, Mark Pritchard, MP, began his third visit to Armenia on Tuesday, February 13 since his appointment in September 2017, to continue his exploration of opportunities to increase the volume of trade and investment between the UK and Armenia. During his visit, Pritchard will have meetings with the Minister of Energy Infrastructures and Natural Resources of Armenia Ashot Manukyan, Mayor of Yerevan Taron Margaryan, Head of the State Tourism Committee Zarmine Zeytuntsyan and Head of Tourism Development Foundation Ara Khzmalyan, as well as with business operators in Armenia. The first two visits of the UK envoy to Armenia took place in October and November 2017. Pritchard used the two visits to learn more about Armenia and the opportunities for closer collaboration through meetings with the Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan, various Ministers as well as representatives of International Financial Institutions. 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 | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. |