 Parliament meeting on agriculture issues postponed June 4, 2013 - 14:11 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The joint discussion of the standing committees on agriculture and environment and financial-credit and budgetary affairs has been postponed. Member of Prosperous Armenia parliamentary group Levon Khachatryan noted that the discussion will lack effectiveness without the agriculture minister’s presence. Deputy agriculture minister Grigory Baghiyan, in turn, said the minister is at a meeting with a foreign delegation currently on its visit to Armenia. The head of Standing Committees on Agriculture and Environment Stepan Grigoryan said the meeting will be postponed to June 7.   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. |
