Old transport facilities should go out of useMarch 28, 2009 - 20:19 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - It's not a secret that motor car parks in Armenia use transport facilities which have been in operation over 10 years."Security of our citizens should never be jeopardized," RA Minister of Transport Gurgen Sargsyan told reporters on Saturday. "In developed countries, operation life of passenger vehicles is 3-5 years. In the countries in transition period, it was reduced to 5 years," he said. Some 1000 passenger vehicles should go out of use in Armenia and be replaced with new ones. 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 | Government reveals details from Pashinyan’s meeting in border village Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with a group of residents of a border village in Armenia’s northern Tavush province Narek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28. Blinken urges Azerbaijan to continue negotiations with Armenia Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to continue negotiations with Armenia. Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 28, Pashinyan’s office reports. |