Iran-Armenia railway construction draft project to be approved todayApril 3, 2009 - 13:17 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Iranian delegation led by Minister of Roads and Transportation Hamid Behbahani arrived in Armenia Friday to sign the draft memorandum of understanding on construction of Iran-Armenia railway, Susanna Tonoyan, a spokesperson of the RA Ministry of Transport and Communications, told PanARMENIAN.Net Talks focused to issues of mutual interest and Iran's participation in North-South highway construction. 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. |