Armenia attends ITE & MICE 2013 Travel & Tourism Expo in Hong KongJune 12, 2013 - 12:27 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - National Competitiveness Foundation of Armenia (NCFA) will attend ITE & MICE 2013, an International Travel Expo Hong Kong for Travel & Tourism due June 13 through 16. In 2012, ITE & MICE 2012 drew 665 international exhibitors from 54 countries and regions worldwide. In 2013, the Expo will continue the tradition. “Participation in the expo will allow Armenia to establish new business ties and stimulate tourist inflow in the country,” NCFA statement said. NCFA delegation plans a meeting with representatives of Hong Kong tourist companies to discuss cooperation development. 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 | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. |