Tatul Manaseryan: Armenia should develop its own Marshall PlanJuly 31, 2009 - 15:34 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia should develop its Marshall Plan, jointly with the other countries of the region, an adviser to RA National Assembly speaker said."It will take time to overcome the consequences of the crisis. At that, peculiarities of Armenian economy will prevent it from making of use of all opportunities the crisis may provide," Tatul Manaseryan told a news conference on Friday. As to world economy, it tends to stabilization, according to him. Manaseryan pointed out to the steps the Armenian government takes to combat the crisis. However, he mentioned that these are not enough and a common economic model should be developed. "There are some dominating countries wishing to make the most of the situation," he said. "So Armenia and neighboring countries should have their own recovery plan." 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |