Armenia attaches importance to cooperation with FAONovember 18, 2009 - 11:27 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Currently in Italy, Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan met with Food and Agriculture Organization Director-General Dr. Jacques Diouf to discuss a bilateral cooperation-related agenda.PM Sargsyan underscored the need to improve grain, corn, potato seed breeding, pisciculture, cattle stock recording and registration, as well as to introduce a system of agricultural insurance in Armenia. The FAO Director-General said, for his part, that the new cooperation priorities may result in a more efficacious collaboration between the Republic of Armenia and his organization. During the day, the head of government also met with President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Kanayo Nwanze and UN World Food Program (WFP) Executive Director Josette Sheeran. 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 | Armenia, Turkey discuss restoration of historic bridge The meeting took place on May 17 in Ashgabat on the sidelines of an international conference of ministers of culture. EU welcomes Armenia-Azerbaijan “progress” The EU has welcomed “progress” made in the framework of the Armenia-Azerbaijan border delimitation process. Belarus opposition leader slams Lukashenko for Karabakh trip Belarusian opposition politician Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has harshly criticized the visit of Lukashenko to Karabakh. Mkhitaryan raises arrest of former Karabakh leaders in Azerbaijan Inter Milan star Henrikh Mkhitaryan has shared a news story about the extension of the arrest of former Karabakh leaders. |