"ZVARTNOTS" YEREVAN AIRPORT WILL BE TRANSFERRED UNDER ARGENTINÅ COMPANY MANAGEMENT FOR 50 YEARSSeptember 24, 2001 - 20:17 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "Zvartnots" Yerevan Airport will be transferred under management of "Airpuertos Arhentina 2000" for a term of 50 years. The company already controls 33 airports. Chairman of the Company Committee Eduardo Ernekian and Chief of civil aviation Central Administrative Board Sergey Yeritsian signed a mutual understanding memorandum, which stipulated for "Airpuertos Arhentina 2000" Company's obligation to invest 50 million dollars in development of the airport. This is a preliminary figure, which can be reconsidered before signing the treaty, as the Armenian side considers 50 million not to be enough for a fifty-year-long lease.Saturday President of Armenia Robert Kocharian received Ernekian, who presented his proposals and plans to the President. The head of the Argentinean Company particularly pointed out the necessity for repairs of the landing strip and providing the airport with up-to-date equipment, and personnel retraining. In Ernekian's opinion, investments in management of the airport will allow to make Armenia a centre of tourism and to operate in the back. He is convinced that "Zvartnots" Airport will become the regional centre of air communication in the course of time. Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. 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. 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”. Prosecutors to appeal Armenia ex-President’s acquittal Sargsyan was acquitted on Friday, May 31 more than four years after going on trial on corruption charges. |