Weekly digest of foreign currency dealsApril 13, 2013 - 17:48 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - USD 103,858,462 was bought at an average price of AMD 417.56 /USD 1 and USD 109,579,644 sold at an average price of AMD 418.79 /USD 1 at the Armenian foreign currency market on April 8-13. Deals amounting to USD 10,930,000 at an average price of 417.92 /USD 1 were concluded at NASDAQ OMX Armenia during the reporting period. From April 1-7, AMD loans granted by banks totaled 33,1 bln., while USD loans amounted to 31,6 mln, the press service of the Central Bank of Armenia 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 | WCIT 2024 launches in Armenia Hayrapetyan told reporters in Yerevan that Armenia is hosting the event for the second time in five years. Pashinyan attends opening of 19th Summit of the Francophonie The 19th Summit of the Francophonie is being held in France this year for the first time in 33 years. Lavrov meets Armenia’s new envoy to Russia in Moscow On October 4, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met with the newly appointed Ambassador of Armenia, Gurgen Arsenyan. Armenia not planning to return land occupied by Azerbaijan militarily Armenia has no intention to return territories occupied by Azerbaijan through military means, Anna Badalyan said. |