Armenia to cooperate with Romania in transport & communication fieldApril 27, 2011 - 13:57 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Minister of Transport and Communication Manuk Vardanyan received Romanian Ambassador to Armenia Crina Rodica Prunariu to discuss programs of cooperation. The parties referred to the results of the March 10-11 sitting of the Armenian-Romanian intergovernmental commission on trade, economic, scientific and technical cooperation in Bucharest, the Ministry’s press service reported. Vardanyan said that the agreements reached during the intergovernmental commission’s sitting will be fulfilled. Vardanyan and Prunariu also discussed opportunities for implementing joint programs in the field of transport and communication, specifically, postal services provision. 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 | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. |