  Iran and Armenia to sign free trade agreement  September 13, 2010 - 15:25 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Iran and Armenia will sign a free trade agreement (FTA) during Armenian Economy Minister Nerses Yeritsyan’s upcoming visit to Tehran. During the September 9 meeting held between Armenia’s Ambassador to Tehran Grigor Arakelyan and Iranian Commerce Minister Mehdi Ghazanfari, the two sides discussed possible ways to boost bilateral trade cooperation, IRNA reported. Tehran presented the draft FTA to enhance the two-way transactions to Yerevan in August 2009, Tehran Times reported. Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian will pay a visit to Iran in September, while RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan is expected to arrive there in the second half of October.   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 |  Latest 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. |
