Armenian Prime Minister, International Finance Corporation CEO discuss collaboration developmentAugust 26, 2010 - 21:16 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan met with a delegation led by Executive Vice President and CEO of IFC (International Finance Corporation) Lars Thunell. Welcoming the guests, Sargsyan gave high assessment to IFC’s involvement in Armenian investment programs. The discussion focused on implementation of projects aimed to boost economic development in Armenia, specifically in the sectors of energy, mining, agriculture and equity market. The parties emphasized the importance cooperation development, with IFC CEO expressing readiness to render further assistance in implementation of investment programs, 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 | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |