Turkey will be Armenia's trade partner like other countries of the regionNovember 3, 2009 - 12:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkey will be Armenia's trade partner like other countries of the region, deputy head of State Income Committee Armen Alaverdyan said. "So long as both Armenia and Turkey are WTO members, Armenia can't set any different customs of tax rules on Turkey. As to customs administration, we should carry out a great deal of work before opening checkpoints," he told a news conference on November 3. Commenting on fears that Turkish goods will flood Armenian market, Alaverdyan said the local market will admit as many goods as it can. "If goods are too many prices will fall, as result," he said. Alaverdyan also informed that the budget was replenished with AMD 427,9 billion. "Returns decreased by 16% due to the economic crisis," he said. 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. Armenia PM meets Iran’s Supreme Leader in Tehran Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a meeting with Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Seyyed Ali Khamenei |