Armenia may start shrimp productionNovember 28, 2015 - 12:40 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Minister of Agriculture Sergo Karapetyan met Friday, November 27 with Iran’s newly appointed ambassador to Armenia Seyyed Kazem Sajjadi. At the meeting, Karapetyan hailed the recently developed ties in the sector of agriculture between the two countries. The Minister further stressed the importance of development of bilateral cooperation by establishing anti-hail and dripping irrigation systems, as well as collaboration in farming, especially sheep and poultry breeding, the possibilities of creating joint greenhouse farms. Also, the parties discussed the possibility of starting shrimp production in Armenia, with the prospect of exporting the product to the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU). The ambassador, in turn, suggested bilateral cooperation in the sectors of flower and seed production, as well as tree breeding. 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 | Erdogan wants “realistic road map” for relations with Armenia Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for a “new realistic road map” for relations with Armenia. Armenia-Azerbaijan: Experts launch work on determining coordinates Expert groups from the countries started the process of determining the coordinates based on geodetic measurements. Yerevan says did not expect CSTO in peacekeeping role Pashinyan has declared that the CSTO would be expected to come to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border as an ally of Armenia Henrikh Mkhitaryan wins Serie A title with Inter Inter Milan midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan admits that the team have long been imagining clinching Serie A against AC Milan. |