Opening of border with Turkey to urge on Armenian economyMay 7, 2009 - 12:59 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Two neighbor countries can't be on loggerheads, an Armenian official said."Opening of the border with Turkey will offer good economic benefits. Internal market competition will increase, what is a favorable factor for our consumers," Gagik Minasyan, chairman of the RA parliamentary committee on financial, budgetary and economic affairs, told PanARMENIAN.Net "I know that many are too skeptic about the issue. But remember how we opened the border with Iran some 15 years ago," he said. "It will take time to settle all issues if the border with Turkey is opened. But it will offer a large number of opportunities," Minasyan said. 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 | Russia provides info about arrested Armenian ex-MP Russian law enforcement agencies have provided information about the arrest of Tigran Urikhanyan. Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”. 41 detained as antigovernment protests continue in Yerevan 41 people were detained in Yerevan as people demanding Pashinian’s resignation stage campaigns of civil disobedience. Armenia votes for UN resolution granting Palestine new rights The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on May 10 to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine. |