  Kalpakian carpet company seeks to work with Armenian manufacturers October 17, 2013 - 14:34 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The first Armenian-Argentinean business forum kicked off in Yerevan Thursday, October 17, with a delegation led by Argentina’s Foreign Trade Secretary Beatriz Paglieri attending the event. The delegation included representatives of the sectors of healthcare, pharmaceutics, information technology, food and beverages, agro-chemicals, electronics, machinery, cosmetics, tourism, metallurgy and textiles. A representative of Kalpakian carpet production company Carlos Alvarez also arrived in Armenia to present the company and establish partnership with representatives of local textile sector. The company was founded in 1922 in Hungary, with the production moved to Buenos Aires in 1951. 18 Armenians are employed in production. According to Armenian envoy Diego Ernesto Alvarez Rivera, the forum will promote establishment of cooperation between the two country’s entrepreneurs to take the partnership to a new level The event was organized by Armenian Development Agency and Argentinean embassy in Armenia.   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 Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24  U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan.Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says.Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment. |
