Armenia’s Chamber of Commerce to hold investment conferenceDecember 13, 2012 - 16:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Armenia is getting ready to hold an international “Investment conference” as part of “East Invest” program, the program coordinator for Armenia said. “We are currently developing the programs, to be further presented to the investors,” Vladimir Amiryan said, adding that the event plans to bring together 30-50 European organizations. The event will feature meetings between Armenian and European businessmen, enabling them to discuss future cooperation prospects. RA Chamber of Commerce and Industry has been implementing the three-year “East Invest” since 2011 in the framework of Eastern Partnership (EaP). Twinning project launched in 2012 aims to explore international cooperation benefits, featuring seminars and meetings with representatives of chamber of commerce of Spain, Hungary and Poland present. 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 | Macron honors Charles Aznavour on 100th anniversary French President Emmanuel Macron has paid tribute to the memory of French-Armenian crooner Charles Aznavour. Erdogan’s approval rating falls below 40 percent: survey A total of 53.4 percent of respondents said they disapprove of the performance of Erdoğan. Blinken says U.S. reviewing a number of aid requests from Armenia He said the U.S. is reviewing the requests to determine what more it can do to increase its assistance to Armenia. At least 2 CSTO members participated in preparing 44-day war against Armenia – PM Nikol Pashinyan has declared that at least two CSTO member countries participated in preparations for the 44-day war against Armenia. |