Armenian Territorial Administration Minister briefs WB delegation on agricultural resources management programDecember 13, 2010 - 19:20 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Territorial Administration Minister Armen Gevorgyan met with a World Bank delegation led by the Senior Rural Development Specialist for Europe & Central Asia Region, Doina Petrescu. At the meeting, the Minister briefed the guests on the program for management of agricultural resources to assist communities engaged in livestock farming. The WB team took interest in Minister’s position on co-financing of communities, farmer unions’ formation and time frames for program implementation. As the Minister noted, program details will be discussed at the governmental meeting, ministerial 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 | Erdogan wants “realistic road map” for relations with Armenia Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for a “new realistic road map” for relations with Armenia. Armenia-Azerbaijan: Experts launch work on determining coordinates Expert groups from the countries started the process of determining the coordinates based on geodetic measurements. Yerevan says did not expect CSTO in peacekeeping role Pashinyan has declared that the CSTO would be expected to come to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border as an ally of Armenia Henrikh Mkhitaryan wins Serie A title with Inter Inter Milan midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan admits that the team have long been imagining clinching Serie A against AC Milan. |