 Russian carriers will offer transit flights through Armenia February 20, 2018 - 16:35 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Russian carriers will be able to carry out transit flights through Armenia, a corresponding agreement was reached at a session of the Armenia-Russia intergovernmental commission in Yerevan on Tuesday, February 20. The agreement allows air companies to sell tickets to passengers living in the transit country too. For example, a carrier will be able to offer Moscow-Yerevan-Dubai flights, selling tickets for both Moscow-Dubai and Yerevan-Dubai routes. Earlier during the session, Armenian prime minister Karen Karapetyan said the economic activity grew 10.2% in January 2018 against the same period last year.   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 Turkey extends military presence in Azerbaijan  The Turkish parliament has adopted a bill submitted by Recep Tayyip Erdogan to extend the mandate of Turkish troops.Russia to begin assessing migrant workers' speaking skills Rosobrnadzor is planning to change the Russian language exam for migrant workers and include an assessment of speaking skillsArmenian, Saudi Foreign Minister meet in Riyadh The two commended the positive dynamics of the development of political dialogue between Armenia and Saudi ArabiaPashinyan: Azerbaijan’s proximity shouldn’t worry border residents At the same time, he said that he “does not guarantee [the security of villagers] one hundred percent”. |
