  Armenia discussing criteria for classifying farm land as vacant land February 10, 2021 - 19:27 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenian parliament on Wednesday, February 10 discussed criteria for classifying agricultural land as vacant land. The aim is to establish the necessary legal framework for identifying unused farm land and creating a database. The amendment seeks to address the fact that agricultural land is often used inappropriately and ineffectively in almost all the provinces of the country. Spearheaded by the government, the bill was introduced in the National Assembly by Deputy Minister of Economy Arman Khojoyan. There are 444,800 hectares of arable land in Armenia, of which 222,000 hectares are currently in use. There is no legal act to define what lands are vacant, and the amendment seeks to tackle that   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 European Parliament to discuss repression in Azerbaijan  The European Parliament will discuss repression of civil society in Azerbaijan on April 24PACE wants concessions from Azerbaijan to accept Baku back A PACE co-rapporteur said that Azerbaijani authorities must make certain concessions so that the country can return to PACE.Cyprus parliament honors Armenian genocide victims Acting House President Zacharias Koulias noted that April 24 marks the “black anniversary” of the Armenian genocide.Armenia PM, France envoy discuss regional matters Issues related to the consistent development of Armenia-France cooperation were discussed. |
