Armenian, Georgian PMs discuss creation of joint customs serviceFebruary 16, 2011 - 17:15 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On February 16, as part of Georgian Prime Minister Nika Gilauri’s visit to Yerevan, the Armenian and Georgian PMs discussed creation of a joint customs service. Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan told a press conference that problems have been observed while crossing the Armenian-Georgian border due to legislative amendments in the two countries since the beginning of 2011. The RA Law on Compulsory Car Insurance was enforced on January 1, 2011, due to which car owners have to purchase insurance policies at the border prior to entry into Armenia. Meanwhile, a law was enacted in Georgia from January 1, which envisages additional payments for vehicles with cargo for roads maintenance. “We agreed with the Georgian Prime Minister to organize these measures so that all inconveniences are minimized for our citizens,” said Sargsyan. Georgian PM noted for his part that a political agreement on the joint management of the border has been achieved and working groups deal with it. He added that Georgia and Turkey have launched joint management of the border since June 1, 2010. Gilauri expressed hope that the matter will solved with Armenia as well. 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 clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine 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. |