RA PM to participate in Armenian-Russian intergovernmental committee meeting in YekaterinburgOctober 22, 2010 - 13:57 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On October 22, Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan will leave for Yekaterinburg on a two-day working visit to participate in the 12th sitting of the Armenian-Russian intergovernmental committee on economic cooperation. The Armenian delegation will include Chief of the Government Staff David Sargsyan, Minister of Finance Tigran Davtyan, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Armen Movsisyan, First Deputy Minister of Economy Karine Minasyan, First Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration Vache Terteryan, First Deputy Minister of Agriculture Samvel Avetisyan, Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharyan, Deputy Minister of Transport and Communication Artashes Avetisyan, Deputy Minister of Education and Science Ara Avetisyan, Deputy Minister of Culture Arthur Poghosyan, Deputy Minister of Diaspora Stepan Petrosyan, Deputy Minister of Urban Development Ruzan Alaverdyan, Governor of Armavir region Ashot Ghahramanyan and other officials, the governmental press service 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 | 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. |