  Agriculture Minister, Greek envoy discuss cooperation December 19, 2012 - 16:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Agriculture Minister Sergo Karapetyan met with Greek Ambassador to Armenia Ioannis Taghis. At the meeting, the Minister thanked the government of Greece for assistance to Armenia's agriculture sector. The parties further focused on the ongoing efforts for creation of Armenia-based laboratory to control chemicals in food and certification of beverages. The officials exchanged views on current state of agriculture in Armenia and Greece, as well as efforts for its development, agriculture ministry 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 |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
