Armenia, EU intend to launch negotiations on free tradeDecember 15, 2010 - 18:49 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received Gunnar Wiegand, European Commission’s Director for Eastern Europe, South Caucasus and Central Asia, who is in Yerevan to participate in the third meeting on the EU-Armenia Association Agreement. Wiegand briefed the Prime Minister on the process of negotiations and achieved results. The parties stressed the importance of the EU-Armenia deep and comprehensive free trade agreement and presented their views on the launch of negotiations in this direction. Tigran Sargsyan briefed for his part on the reforms implemented in Armenia. 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 | Macron honors Charles Aznavour on 100th anniversary French President Emmanuel Macron has paid tribute to the memory of French-Armenian crooner Charles Aznavour. Erdogan’s approval rating falls below 40 percent: survey A total of 53.4 percent of respondents said they disapprove of the performance of Erdoğan. Blinken says U.S. reviewing a number of aid requests from Armenia He said the U.S. is reviewing the requests to determine what more it can do to increase its assistance to Armenia. At least 2 CSTO members participated in preparing 44-day war against Armenia – PM Nikol Pashinyan has declared that at least two CSTO member countries participated in preparations for the 44-day war against Armenia. |