Armenia produces, exports and consumes more energyOctober 20, 2017 - 14:23 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia has produced by 6.6% more electricity in January August 2017 against the same period last year, minister of energy infrastructures and natural resources Ashot Manukyan told reporters on Friday, October 20, Aysor.am reports. "Exports have grown by 9.9%," the minister said, adding that energy consumption has also increased in the reporting period, namely by 7.2%. Also, Manukyan said, the import of natural gas in the first eight months of 2017 surged 24.7% year-on-year. The minister said there are no grounds for increasing the tariffs for energy prices, adding, however, that thePublic Services Regulatory Commission will give a final response as to whether the prices may drop in the near future. 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 | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. |