World Trade Center could be established in YerevanMay 17, 2022 - 18:42 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan met with Robin van Puyenbroeck, Executive Director of the World Trade Centers Association, Eduard Marutyan, Founder of RENSIN Urban Development Investment Company, and Levon Kasparov, Director of the company, on Tuesday, May 17, his office reports. During the meeting, a project on the establishing a World Trade Center in Yerevan was presented to the Prime Minister, which was also approved by the World Trade Organization. The benefits of the project, the conditions and opportunities for business were presented in detail. Prime Minister Pashinyan noted that the Government is interested in the project, proposing to continue discussions with relevant agencies in the near future to evaluate the project implementation possibilities, to develop a "road map" of relevant actions. 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. |