FAO provided USD 1,8 million funding to Armenia in 2008-2009May 13, 2010 - 18:12 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) provided USD 1,8 million funding to Armenia in 2008-2009. As FAO Director General Jacques Diouf stated, the organisation will continue their assistance in RA government-specified priority directions. Armenian Agriculture Minister Gerasim Alaverdyan, in turn, gave high assessment to RA-FAO relations, also commenting on projects to be implemented. “USD 40 thousand was provided to Nubarashen pesticide research laboratory; development of seed farming (USD 600 thousand funding), upgrading laboratories (USD 2 million funding), and struggle against brucellosis are among FAO priority programs.” RA Agriculture Minister pointed out fish-breeding, seed growing, insurance scheme implementation, apricots genetic centre creation, pastures amelioration among programs to be carried out in nearest 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 | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. |