Wine-growing strategy necessary in case of Armenia-Turkey border openingNovember 16, 2009 - 16:49 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Collaboration strategy with Turkey in wine-growing sphere should be developed in RA in case of Armenia-Turkey rapprochement, Avag Harutyunyan, head of Armenian wine makers union believes. According to him, Armenia will be unable to met competition in Turkish market, as Turkey's wine-growing capacity exceeds that of Armenia 10 times. Besides, Turkey offers low export prices of 25-30 cents per kilo.According to the expert, even upon establishing collaboration with Turkish winemakers to employ the potential of Western Armenian wineries, RA will have to export the wine of Armenian origin under Turkish brands. As head of Armenian wine makers union explained, the above mentioned strategy could be implemented only through both countries' economic integration. No serious changes in wine market are to be expected within 10-15 years of border opening, he concluded. 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. |