Belarusian jewelers to arrive in Armenia to study under local diamond cuttersSeptember 28, 2010 - 15:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Agreements were reached between Armenia and Belarus with respect to cooperation in the jewelry field and diamond cutting. “Armenia has a great school of diamond cutting, thus our jewelers will arrive here to study under Armenian masters,” Belarusian Minister of Trade Valentin Chekanov said during the September 28 joint press conference with Armenian Minister of Economy Nerses Yeritsyan in Yerevan. Chekanov added that an agreement to this end was reached during a recent visit of the Belarusian Minister of Finance and Acting Director of Kristal factory to Yerevan jewelry factory. According to Chekanov, mutual delivery of goods, as well as their export to other countries is also envisaged by the plan of further cooperation. 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 | Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says. Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment. |