Armenia, India agree to boost trade, industrial tiesJanuary 12, 2024 - 13:47 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia and India have agreed to boost trade and industrial relations, according to Economy Minister Vahan Kerobyan. Kerobyan on Thursday, January 11 met with India's Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on the sidelines of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2024 in India. The two agreed to make “concrete steps” to develop trade and industrial relations between the two countries. Later in the day, Kerobyan met with Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal. According to a post on Kerobyan’s Facebook, the Ministers discussed a number of issues related to the increase of trade turnover between the countries, expansion of logistics infrastructure, India-Iran-Armenia trade channels, as well as ways to strengthen channels to Georgia and Europe. 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 | Government reveals details from Pashinyan’s meeting in border village Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with a group of residents of a border village in Armenia’s northern Tavush province Narek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28. Blinken urges Azerbaijan to continue negotiations with Armenia Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to continue negotiations with Armenia. Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 28, Pashinyan’s office reports. |