Armenia’s governmental delegation to leave for Saint PetersburgMay 20, 2010 - 20:35 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On May 21, Armenia’s governmental delegation led by Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan will leave for Saint Petersburg to participate in the 26th meeting of the Interstate Council of the Eurasian Economic Community, as well as in a session of the CIS Council of the Heads of Government. The Armenian delegation will include Chief of Staff of the RA government David Sargsyan, Minister of Finance Tigran Davtyan, Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharyan and other officials, the press service of the RA government reported. 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”. |