European Economic Union readying food safety dealOctober 9, 2015 - 13:35 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Moscow hosted on Wednesday, October 7, a European Economic Union meeting, chaired by Member of the Eurasian Economic Commission Board and Minister for Technical Regulation, Valery Koreshkov, the EEC website reports. The EEC reviewed a draft of an international treaty on the rules and procedures concerning the safety and handling of products, the requirements for which are not established by the technical regulations of the EEU. Members of the Working Group on the agreement – EEC representatives, authorized government authorities and EEU experts – participated in the meeting. “All the products, traded on the EEU market, should be safe during production, storage, transportation and sales,” Koreshkov said. The contract must become a key document to provide freedom of circulation of products inside the Union’s market. The document will further be discussed at the next meeting of the Working Group in November and is scheduled to be finalized by the end of 2015. 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 | 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. |