Ameriabank singled out agriculture and transportation as priority spheres for leasing operationsSeptember 25, 2009 - 19:39 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Ameriabank singled out agriculture and transportation as priority spheres for leasing operations, Ameriabank Director's Board Chairman and Director General Artak Hanesyan. "We believe, agriculture and transportation have a great potential for development," he said.At the same time, Artak Hanesyan noted that before crisis leasing was developing in construction sphere, which has currently registered a certain slump. "In perspective, we plan provision of leasing services in energy sphere, which is less risky," Ameriabank Director General concluded. 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 | Armenia to participate in key EU meeting for the first time ever National Assembly speaker Alen Simonyan has said that Armenia will for the first time participate in the Conference. U.S. reacts to Russia’s criticism of upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting Matthew Miller has weighed in on Russia’s criticism of an upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting. Lavrov sees ‘collapse’ of Russia’s ties with Armenia Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has underscored heightened tensions between Russia and Armenia. Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine |