  Armenia, Russia sign agreement on uranium production joint ventureApril 22, 2008 - 15:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Ministry of Environmental Protection and Atomredmetzoloto Holding signed an agreement on formation of a joint Armenian-Russian venture on geological prospecting and uranium production. The company will be founded on parity share and will be registered within three months. The agreement comes as the first stage of memorandum signed by Rosatom and the RA Ministry of Environmental Protection during the Yerevan visit of RF Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov in February 2008, RBC reports.   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 |  Related sections Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
