Second meeting of working group on Iran-Armenia railway construction likely in November 2009November 11, 2009 - 13:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The second meeting of the working group on construction of the Iran-Armenia railway will apparently be held in November 2009."RA Ministry of Transport requested the Iranian Ministry of Transport for a regular trilateral meeting on construction of Iran-Armenia railway," Minister of Transport Gurgen Sargsyan said during a news conference on Wednesday when responding to a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter's question. "Enlisting consent, we will organize the meeting," 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 | International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty. Armenian, Iranian foreigh policy chief talk over the phone The Foreign Minister of Armenia once again expressed condolences to his counterpart on the death of the President of Iran. Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. |