ARMENIA AND UKRAINE TO INCREASE ANNUAL COMMODITY CIRCULATION UP TO 35-40 MILLION DOLLARSFebruary 24, 2001 - 19:20 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - YEREVAN, February 24. /Mediamax/. Armenia and the Ukraine are going to increase annual commodity circulation up to 35-40 million dollars by increasing the volumes of machine-building, chemical, agricultural products supply between the countries and boosting cooperation in energy sphere. As Mediamax was informed in the press service of the Ukrainian embassy, the sides agreed on this at the second session of the bilateral Armenian-Ukrainian inter-governmental commission for economic cooperation issues, held in Yerevan on Feb. 20-21. The sides also decided to "work out projects of developing the infrastructures of intergovernmental electricity transmission lines, construction of gas sphere objects". Armenia has to prepare proposals on Ukraine's participation in Iran-Armenia gas pipeline construction. --0-- Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". 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. Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament. 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”. |