  Armenian government to tackle rural areas development problems March 23, 2011 - 12:39 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Even development of Armenia’s provinces is one of the government’s priorities, RA Prime Minister said. “Yerevan hyper-centralization hampers both the capital city and rural areas development,” Tigran Sargsyan said during a discussion on territorial development concept. For her part, UN Resident Coordinator in Armenia Dafina Gercheva noted that the challenges and problems of Armenia’s rural areas have prompted the necessity of such concept. “To tackle the persisting problems, governmental and international financing is needed,” she said.   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 Turkey extends military presence in Azerbaijan  The Turkish parliament has adopted a bill submitted by Recep Tayyip Erdogan to extend the mandate of Turkish troops.Russia to begin assessing migrant workers' speaking skills Rosobrnadzor is planning to change the Russian language exam for migrant workers and include an assessment of speaking skillsArmenian, Saudi Foreign Minister meet in Riyadh The two commended the positive dynamics of the development of political dialogue between Armenia and Saudi ArabiaPashinyan: Azerbaijan’s proximity shouldn’t worry border residents At the same time, he said that he “does not guarantee [the security of villagers] one hundred percent”. |
