  Armenia’s agricultural export on the rise August 9, 2016 - 18:44 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - An Armenian agriculture official on Tuesday, August 9 shared data on past months’ export volumes, which he said have seen an essential progress compared to the previous years, Tert.am said. “The export of raw vegetables and fruits at the moment tops last year’s total results; we are now planning to increase it to 120 tons,” Robert Makaryan, a deputy minister of agriculture, told a news conference. He said that so far, a total of 85,326 tons of row agricultural produce has been exported against the 76,700 tons in 2015 or the 49,800 tons in 2014. “That signals an essential progress in exports,” Makaryan added.   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 European Parliament to discuss repression in Azerbaijan  The European Parliament will discuss repression of civil society in Azerbaijan on April 24PACE wants concessions from Azerbaijan to accept Baku back A PACE co-rapporteur said that Azerbaijani authorities must make certain concessions so that the country can return to PACE.Cyprus parliament honors Armenian genocide victims Acting House President Zacharias Koulias noted that April 24 marks the “black anniversary” of the Armenian genocide.Armenia PM, France envoy discuss regional matters Issues related to the consistent development of Armenia-France cooperation were discussed. |
