Opening of border with Turkey to urge on Armenian economyMay 7, 2009 - 12:59 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Two neighbor countries can't be on loggerheads, an Armenian official said."Opening of the border with Turkey will offer good economic benefits. Internal market competition will increase, what is a favorable factor for our consumers," Gagik Minasyan, chairman of the RA parliamentary committee on financial, budgetary and economic affairs, told PanARMENIAN.Net "I know that many are too skeptic about the issue. But remember how we opened the border with Iran some 15 years ago," he said. "It will take time to settle all issues if the border with Turkey is opened. But it will offer a large number of opportunities," Minasyan said. 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 | 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. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. Baku: EU, U.S. share responsibility for Armenia’s “destabilizing actions” Azerbaijan has declared that the European Union and the United States will share responsibility for any destabilizing actions of Armenia Armenia to sing in 2nd semi-final of Eurovision The organizers of Eurovision 2024 have revealed the running order of the countries in the two semi-finals. |