1746 tons of fruits and vegetables exported from ArmeniaJune 8, 2012 - 19:38 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Acting Agriculture Minister of Armenia Sergo Karapetyan met with legal and physical persons, with issues related to export of apricots being discussed. Minister Karapetyan noted that the government fosters export of local production to international markets, with all necessary conditions created. According to RA Agriculture Ministry’s press service, organization of procurement and payment of fruits and vegetables was discussed during the meeting, with the export volume of these agricultural products exceeding last year’s index. It is noteworthy that 1746 tons of fruits and vegetables has currently been exported from Armenia. 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 | International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty. Armenian, Iranian foreigh policy chief talk over the phone The Foreign Minister of Armenia once again expressed condolences to his counterpart on the death of the President of Iran. Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. |