  Armenia to deepen ties with CIS member countries May 24, 2012 - 12:21 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On May 24, Armenian government approved reaching of an agreement on establishment of councils on tourism and industry sectors in the framework of cooperation of CIS member states. In this context, Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan noted that the agreements will be reached by the end of the month. The agreement on Council on tourism will be discussed at the meeting of CIS Council of Heads of State, to be held in Ashgabat on May 30.   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 Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation  Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan.“Great success”: Pashinyan pleased with new border protocol Pashinyan has described the signing by Armenia and Azerbaijan of a protocol on delimitation in Tavush as “a great success”.Armenia, Azerbaijan sign protocol on demarcation coordinates Armenia’s government took on May 15 another step towards handing over four border areas to Azerbaijan.U.S. warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west Georgia has been warned by the U.S. not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow. |
