Armenia launching ferry service in August, Minister saysAugust 2, 2022 - 12:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Ferry service will start operating from August, the schedule will be published in the coming days, Armenia's Minister of Economy Vahan Kerobyan has said, according to Armenpress. Although the launch of the ferry service took much time, Kerobyan noted that it will certainly be launched this month. "All issues have been resolved, and now the only problem that still needs to be agreed upon is that for each product we will need to obtain permits online in order to be able to transport a given batch," Kerobyan said. "And it seems that we are ready to publish the schedule. This will happen in the coming days," Kerobyan said. Kerobyan had revealed earlier that Armenia was planning to start ferry crossings from June 15, 2022. 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 | Armenia to participate in key EU meeting for the first time ever National Assembly speaker Alen Simonyan has said that Armenia will for the first time participate in the Conference. U.S. reacts to Russia’s criticism of upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting Matthew Miller has weighed in on Russia’s criticism of an upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting. Lavrov sees ‘collapse’ of Russia’s ties with Armenia Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has underscored heightened tensions between Russia and Armenia. 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 |