Significant increase in Armenia-Belarus product turnovers reported over last 10 yearsMay 18, 2011 - 20:00 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - During his official visit to Belarus, Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan met with Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko. At the meeting, Lukashenko expressed confidence for Sargsan's visit to further stimulate the development of bilateral ties. As Belarus President noted, over the last 10 years, the product turnover between the two states increased by 15 times. The Prime Minister, in turn, stressed that the high level of the political dialogue between the two countries must promote further progress in economy cooperation, Armenian government 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 | European Parliament to discuss repression in Azerbaijan The European Parliament will discuss repression of civil society in Azerbaijan on April 24 PACE wants concessions from Azerbaijan to accept Baku back A PACE co-rapporteur said that Azerbaijani authorities must make certain concessions so that the country can return to PACE. Cyprus parliament honors Armenian genocide victims Acting House President Zacharias Koulias noted that April 24 marks the “black anniversary” of the Armenian genocide. Armenia PM, France envoy discuss regional matters Issues related to the consistent development of Armenia-France cooperation were discussed. |