Serzh Sargsyan to attend Jiangxi -Nairit joint Armenian-Chinese enterprise launch ceremonyApril 29, 2010 - 10:49 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On the invitation of Chinese President Hu Jintao, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan left for China to participate in Expo 2010 Shanghai opening ceremony. During his visit, RA leader will be accompanied by Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, Economy Minister Nerses Yeritsyan, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Armen Movsesyan. President-led delegation will visit a town in China’s Jiangxi Province to attend Jiangxi -Nairit joint Armenian-Chinese chloroprene rubber manufacturing enterprise launch ceremony. 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 | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. |