European Economic Union readying food safety dealOctober 9, 2015 - 13:35 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Moscow hosted on Wednesday, October 7, a European Economic Union meeting, chaired by Member of the Eurasian Economic Commission Board and Minister for Technical Regulation, Valery Koreshkov, the EEC website reports. The EEC reviewed a draft of an international treaty on the rules and procedures concerning the safety and handling of products, the requirements for which are not established by the technical regulations of the EEU. Members of the Working Group on the agreement – EEC representatives, authorized government authorities and EEU experts – participated in the meeting. “All the products, traded on the EEU market, should be safe during production, storage, transportation and sales,” Koreshkov said. The contract must become a key document to provide freedom of circulation of products inside the Union’s market. The document will further be discussed at the next meeting of the Working Group in November and is scheduled to be finalized by the end of 2015. 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 | 17 bridges collapse as a result of floods in Armenia As a result of floods in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces, 17 bridges, including five large ones, have collapsed. Armenia: Top cleric to retain title as he bids to become interim PM Galstanyan said earlier that the interim government would be tasked with stopping the “destruction of our homeland”. Ex-mayor of Karabakh capital arrested in Yerevan Ex-mayor of the Nagorno-Karabakh city of Stepanakert David Sargsyan has been arrested for 20 days. 269 people evacuated amid severe floods in Armenia’s north According to the Interior Ministry, 269 people have been evacuated from their homes in Lori and Tavush provinces. |