13 Turkish companies participated in CTS 2010 international tourism fair in YerevanMay 14, 2010 - 19:12 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - CTS 2010 international annual tourism fair kicked off in Yerevan. The fair brought together representatives of 87 companies from NKR, Armenia, Turkey, Georgia and Tunis, the CTS committee press service reported. The fair aims to facilitate regional tourism, as well as boost relations among tour operators of Armenia, Turkey and Georgia, etc. Armenian Deputy Minister of Economy Ara Petrosyan and USAID Armenia Mission Director Dr. Jatinder Cheema participated in the opening ceremony of the fair. CTS 2010 fair is organized by the Armenian Association of Travel Agents (AATA) and the American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA) in partnership with the Armenian Ministry of Economy and the USAID-funded Competitive Armenian Private Sector (CAPS) Project. 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 | 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. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |