Perspectives of Armenia-Sweden cooperation in political, economic sectors discussedMay 18, 2011 - 17:06 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Territorial Administration Minister Armen Gevorgyan met with Swedish Ambassador to Armenia Diana Janse (residence in Tbilisi). As Mr. Gevorgyan noted, the visit of the Ambassador to Armenia will promote the development of bilateral ties. As Ms. Jansen, in turn, stressed, cooperation with Armenia is important to Sweden. At the meeting, the parties discussed new perspectives of cooperation in political, economic and other sectors, Territorial Administration Ministry press service reported. 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. |