COMMODITY TURNOVER BETWEEN ARMENIA AND RUSSIA DECREASED 10%February 1, 2005 - 20:12 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - In 2004 the commodity turnover between Armenia and Russia decreased 10%, making $266.2 million. At that Russia remains the main economic partner of Armenia, not taking into account the aggregate commodity turnover with the EU 25 countries. Russia's share in the commodity turnover of Armenia makes 12.9%, while that of the EU countries together makes 35.6%. Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. 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. 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. Armenia, Russia agree on repairing railway destroyed in floods Yerevan and Moscow have agreed to repair a flood-stricken railway in northern Armenia. |