  President: breach of rail blockade will benefit Armenia February 4, 2013 - 15:12 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Breach of blockade would greatly benefit Armenia’s economy, President Serzh Sargsyan said. Commenting on the possibility of lifting Armenia’s rail blockade by opening of a road through Abkhazia, President Sargsyan said some of local products lack competitiveness due to the impossibility or high cost of transportation. “Certainly, four parties must reach agreement; however, during his recent visit to Yerevan, Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili voiced confidence that the resumption of the transportation would also benefit Tbilisi,” President Sargsyan said in an interview with Russia’s Kommersant daily. Partner news  Top stories “It’s a pity that instead of operating flights, airplanes with Armenian flags stand idle under the sun,” Ghazaryan said. The issue was discussed by Gazprom chief Alexey Miller and Armenian Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Armen Movsisyan. On Feb 23, 2012, Yerevan Jur CJSC issued application for decreasing water prices from current AMD 174,059 to AMD 166,044 per cubic meter. Finance Minister David Sargsyan met with the regional director of KfW German Development Bank Lars Oermann.   Partner news |  Latest news UN chief hails China's peacekeeping efforts  Ban said China has provided more peacekeepers than all the other four permanent members of the UN Security Council.Iran's Guardian Council approves presidential election result Hassan Rouhani won the election by taking nearly 51% of votes. Since he won more than half, that eliminated the need for a runoff.Friends of Syria to meet in Doha on June 22: French official Assad's forces aim to retake Aleppo, where they have been mired in a bloody stalemate with rebels for nearly a year.Parliament approves amendments to law on minimum wage rate Besides, new scale of salaries will be introduced, according to which the minimum wage rate will be doubled by 2017. |
