RA PM meets businessmen in MoscowJune 10, 2009 - 11:46 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Currently in Moscow, Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan met with entrepreneurs in the Armenian Embassy, where he gave a report titled "Armenia: strategy of the future, three months later."The Armenian delegation participated in the 23rd session of EurAsEC economic council. The participants approved a plan of joint measures, including creation of a fund, to combat the ongoing global financial crisis. The charter capital of the anti-crisis fund, which will be launched later this year, will be $10 billion. The measures to be taken will facilitate integration processes. Armenia holds the status of an observer in the organization. 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. |