Armenia, Georgia continue talks on new motorway constructionDecember 9, 2008 - 19:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia and Georgia continue talks with international financial institutions on construction of a new motorway to connect the two countries, Armenia's Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan said after a meeting of the Armenian-Georgian intergovernmental commission on economic cooperation. "We welcome the project that will connect Ajaria and Samtskhe Javakheti with Armenia. Serious activity will be launched to that end in the near future," he said, Georgian media reports. 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 | Prosecutors to appeal Armenia ex-President’s acquittal Sargsyan was acquitted on Friday, May 31 more than four years after going on trial on corruption charges. Armenia: 28 protesters arrested after clash with police The Investigative Committee of Armenia has announced the arrest of 28 participants of an opposition demonstration. International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty. |