Business women from UAE to familiarize themselves with Armenia’s economic situationApril 22, 2011 - 18:48 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A delegation from the UAE led by Chairperson of the country’s Business Women Council Sheikha Hend Al Qassimi will be in Yerevan on April 26-28. A roundtable will be organized as part of the visit to present Armenia’s economic situation. Besides, cooperation opportunities in the fields of tourism, industry, jewelry, information technologies and agriculture will be discussed. Armenian Deputy Minister of Economy Karine Minasyan will preside over the roundtable. In addition, Armenian Minister of Economy Tigran Davtyan will receive the delegation, the Ministry’s 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 | 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. |