Armenia to manufacture, export breathalyzers to Russia, EUJuly 14, 2016 - 15:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia will start producing breathalyzers – devices for estimating blood alcohol content from a breath sample – Economy Minister Artsvik Minasyan said Thursday, July 14. The Cabinet ministers decided at a session to authorize the company Arides to start producing the devises in Alliance free economic zone. “The company is planning to invest $4.3 million and create ten jobs,” Minasyan said. According to him, the company intends to export products worth $3 million in the first year and $10 million in the fifth year. The company intends to initially produce and export 15,000 devises and to increase its output and export to 40,000 in the future. Arides is going to export its products to Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus and EU countries. There are two free economic zones in Armenia now - Alliance (high and information technologies) and Meridian (jewelry industry). Also Thursday, Minasyan said production of military night vision goggles and thermal imaging cameras will be launched in Armenia 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 | 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. |