  Armenia to ratify Free Trade Area agreement in fall July 24, 2012 - 18:22 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - This fall Armenia will ratify the Free Trade Area agreement in the framework of CIS, Armenian and Russian parliament speakers said. “I was pleased to learn that Armenian authorities have already developed documents on Free Trade Area agreement, with the latter to be ratified at RA National Assembly’s fall session,” State Duma speaker Sergey Naryshkin said. “We hope Armenia will become the third country to ratify the document after Russia and Belarus,” the official said. The prime ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) member states signed a free trade agreement on October 18, 2011. The agreement eliminates export and import duties on a host of goods. It also contains a number of exemptions that will ultimately be phased out. The agreement was signed by all the CIS states except Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.   Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.   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.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. |
