Central Bank: Weekly closing statementDecember 11, 2009 - 17:46 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Between December 7 and 11 banks purchased 62,521,974 U.S. dollars at 383.77 AMD/USD and sold 59.658631 U.S. dollars at 385.1 AMD/USD in the inter-bank market , press office of the Central Bank of Armenia reported. At the same time sale and purchase transactions in the interbank market reached USD 700,000 at 384.03 AMD/USD. Within the same period sale and purchase transactions in the NASDAQ OMX reached in USD 5,365,000 at 384.03 AMD/USD. 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 | Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation. Azerbaijan must respect human rights, Scholz tells Aliyev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for greater respect for human rights in Azerbaijan. Armenia: Defense Ministry warns against involving army in political processes The Ministry’s statement came after a video surfaced online, showing soldiers joining the protests in Tavush. Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. |