Tigran Sargsyan: government to focus on agricultural growth and combating inflation in 2011January 18, 2011 - 15:13 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan said that currently agriculture, in which decline was recorded in 2010, is of keen importance for Armenia from the point of view of macroeconomic indices development. “The decline has resulted in indices worsening and high inflation rate,” Sargsyan told journalists in Yerevan on January 18. He added that if the government manages to secure a good index in agriculture, naturally, the inflation will also decrease. 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 | International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty. Armenian, Iranian foreigh policy chief talk over the phone The Foreign Minister of Armenia once again expressed condolences to his counterpart on the death of the President of Iran. Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. |