 Belarus to help Armenia upgrade agriculture equipment May 13, 2013 - 20:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Agriculture Minister Sergo Karapetyan met his Belarusian counterpart Leonid Zaitsev to discuss import of agriculture equipment. According to Karapetyan, Armenia’s agriculture sector is in need of equipment upgrade, with the country interested in the import of Belarusian tractors or their assembling in an Armenia-based joint enterprise. In this context, the Belarusian Minister invited Karapetyan to participate in the international exhibition of agriculture equipment to be held in Minsk in June, Armenia’s 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 Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan  A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia.U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel.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. |
