Xiaoyu Zhao: RA government's priority is ADB's priorityJuly 24, 2009 - 22:34 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Asian Development Bank vice president Xiaoyu Zhao said the North-South motorway construction project will be submitted to consideration of ADB board of directors till end of September 2009."The motorway will have four directions. Armenian government's priority is ADB's priority," he said in a meeting with Armenian Minister of Transport and Communications Gurgen Sargsyan. For his part, Minister Sargsyan voiced hope that the construction will start immediately after credit agreement is signed. 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 | U.S., Armenia sign customs deal According to Armenian customs data, U.S.-Armenian trade reached $670 million last year. Glendale mayor to visit Yerevan Asatryan last visited Armenia in December 2022-January 2023 as she helped establish a partnership between Armenia’s Opera House and Los Angeles Opera. Ucom’s fixed network launches in Nor Hachn City residents will be able to use fixed-line Internet, mobile communications and television in one package at more affordable prices. Ambassador summoned to Russia returns to Armenia Sergei Kopyrkin has returned to Yerevan more than two weeks after being recalled to Moscow for consultations. |