Sargsyan: Armenian-Russian forum to help find new cooperation modelsApril 19, 2011 - 11:50 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian President attended the opening ceremony of the first-ever Armenian-Russian interregional forum, which kicked off in Yerevan on April 19, bringing together regional authorities and businessmen from both countries. “Armenian-Russian partnership is characterized by special economic relations and I’m hopeful that this event will help find new cooperation models,” Serzh Sargsyan said in his remarks. “Currently, there are 1400 enterprises with Russian capital operating in Armenia with US$3 billion investment portfolio, which tends to increase.” For his part, head of the Russian presidential administration Sergei Narishkin read out President Dmitry Medvedev’s congratulatory telegram. He also noted that trade turnover between the two countries totaled US$860 million last year. 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: Protesters march to parliament, some spend the night on street The protesters did not disperse despite heavy rain that began at around 2 a.m. local time. Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. |