Tigran Sargsyan, Henri Reynaud discuss expansion of Armenian-French economic tiesDecember 3, 2010 - 20:21 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received newly appointed French Ambassador to Armenia Henri Reynaud to discuss directions for expanding the bilateral economic ties. Specifically, attraction of French companies to the fields of postal services provision, insurance, energy, information technologies, agriculture, wine making, pharmaceutics and perfume production was considered to be promising. Henri Reynaud noted that France is the leader in Europe by investments in Armenia, what is an evidence of a serious progress recorded in all fields of economic cooperation. At the guest’s request, the Armenian Prime Minister briefed on Armenia’s model of economic development and priority directions of the economic policy, the RA governmental press service reported. 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 | Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says. Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment. |