Armenia hopes to soon abandon U.S. list of export controlled countriesJune 28, 2017 - 11:41 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Yerevan is hopeful to conclude an agreement with the United States that will remove Armenia from the U.S. list of export controlled countries, Sputnik cited Armenian Ambassador to the United States Grigor Hovhannissian as saying. "We have a couple of agreements in the legal field that we would like to finalize for signing about double taxation and removing Armenia from the list of export controlled countries," Hovhannissian said on Tuesday, June 27. Hovhannissian pointed out that the Information Technology (IT) sector is successfully developing in Armenia. "We would like to prepare a framework agreement for signing for our [United States and Armenia] next meeting. We have discussed it with the Americans. We are working on that," the Ambassador added. "In October, we will join a U.S.-Armenia intergovernmental working group meeting, and this framework agreement is on its agenda." In 2015, Washington and Yerevan signed a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) tailored to help the parties identify areas conducive to the development of mutual trade and investments. U.S. Exports to Armenia totaled to $43.6 million, while imports totaled to $42.6 million, according to the United States Census Bureau. Hovhannissian also said that Armenia hopes Washington understands Yerevan’s position to develop good relations with both the United States and Russia. 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. |