France could support railway projects in ArmeniaJanuary 27, 2022 - 14:27 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - French Development Agency and the French government may provide support for railway projects to be implemented in Armenia. Francois-Henri Cloarec, head of the Economic Department at the Embassy of France in Armenia and Georgia, made the remarks at a meeting with Armenia's Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure Armen Simonyan on Wednesday, January 27. During the meeting in Yerevan, the sides discussed the prospects of current railway projects and cooperation in this field. The Deputy Minister inquired about the prospects the French side sees in deepening the cooperation, noting that there are several directions that can be discussed if the French side is interested. Cloarec cited a possible support mechanism from the French Development Agency and assured that railway projects are part of their priorities. 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. |