  Armenian Economy Minister to attend “Caucasus and Central Asia” event September 25, 2012 - 15:17 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Minister of Economy Tigran Davtyan will pay a working visit to Austria to attend “Caucasus and Central Asia” ministerial conference. The participants will focus on trade, investments, finance, tourism and energy sectors, as well as new opportunities for economic cooperation with European countries, the ministry’s press service reported. The minister is expected to meet with European Commission's deputy director general for trade Peter Balas, Austrian Federal Minister of Economy Reinhold Mitterlehner and Deputy Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development(OECD). Minister Davtyan will further depart for Rome to participate in Armenian-Italian business forum. On September 27, he will hold meetings with Italian Minister of Economic Development Corrado Passera, Minister of Tourism and Sport Piero Gnudi and President of Italian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Santo Santoro.   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. |
