  Food safety new concept discussed in Yerevan March 11, 2011 - 12:16 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Public hearings on the new concept of food safety are being held in Yerevan. As Secretary of the National Security Council Arthur Baghdasaryan said in his opening remarks, the concept will be officially debated and adopted in the first half of the current year. “There is a world tendency to a strategic approach to food-related problems,” he said, voicing hope that public hearings will help improve the concept and calling on public NGOs and international organizations to make proposals on the matter. For his part, Agriculture Minister Sergo Karapetyan emphasized that food industry is one of the vital sectors of human life.   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 |  Latest 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. |
