Russia is proud to be Armenia’s economic partner - State Duma speakerJuly 24, 2012 - 19:37 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan met with the Russian delegation headed by State Duma speaker Sergey Naryshkin. In the context of development of Armenian-Russian strategic cooperation, Prime Minister Sargsyan attached importance to diversification of economic ties and implementation of the new social and economic long-term program by 2020. “We are proud of being Armenia’s key economic partner. The two countries’ parliaments stand ready to contribute to expansion and further development of Russian-Armenia economic relations,” Mr. Naryshkin said. 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |