Armenia and Syria will strengthen bilateral collaborationSeptember 7, 2009 - 12:37 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian-Syrian intergovernmental committee arrived in Armenia to promote strengthening of bilateral collaboration, Syrian Chamber of Commerce Board Member, Armenian-Syrian intergovernmental committee Chairman Leon Zaki Etalian told a news conference.According to him, collaboration spectrum is not restricted to imports and exports, but also includes banking sphere, scientific potential exchange, and widening bilateral collaboration range. Etalian also added that 100 000 Armenians reside in Syria, with humanitarian collaboration acquiring increasing importance in this context. Currently, committees in charge oh the issues above are being formed. 5th sitting of Armenian-Syrian intergovernmental committee on bilateral economic, industrial and scientific collaboration launched in Yerevan. Within recent years, a number of programs were implemented in Armenian-Syrian collaboration framework, over 40 intergovernmental and interdepartmental documents signed, and most of them fulfilled. The sitting will focus on further collaboration perspectives. A number of documents on expanding collaboration in trade and economic spheres will be concluded based on sitting results. 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 | U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. Government reveals details from Pashinyan’s meeting in border village Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with a group of residents of a border village in Armenia’s northern Tavush province Narek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28. Blinken urges Azerbaijan to continue negotiations with Armenia Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to continue negotiations with Armenia. |