Armenia to participate in Damascus International ExpoAugust 31, 2018 - 12:18 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - With the support of Business Armenia and the Armenian Embassy in Syria, samples and catalogs of Armenia-made products were sent to Damascus to be presented at the 60th Damascus International Exhibition, Business Armenia reveals. Armenian exporters and companies with export potential will be presented at the Damascus International Expo on October 6-15. The companies are engaged in machine building, construction materials, pharmaceuticals, food producing industries. “Syria takes steps to restore the economy. This is a good opportunity for Armenian businessmen to learn more about the market demand in the Middle East. In the event of positive feedback, we can expect new export contracts,” said export support manager at Business Armenia Anahit Mkrtchyan. The visitors of the expo will be offered printed materials about the business environment as well as the tourist attractions of 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 | Armenia to participate in key EU meeting for the first time ever National Assembly speaker Alen Simonyan has said that Armenia will for the first time participate in the Conference. U.S. reacts to Russia’s criticism of upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting Matthew Miller has weighed in on Russia’s criticism of an upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting. Lavrov sees ‘collapse’ of Russia’s ties with Armenia Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has underscored heightened tensions between Russia and Armenia. 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 |