  WTO director general positive Armenia’s activity  December 4, 2010 - 13:36 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - The WTO government procurement committee will discuss Armenia’s committee membership bid during the December 6-10 meetings in Geneva, where Armenia will be represented by Economy Ministry officials Varos Simonyan and Karen Brutyan. Armenia undertook to join the committee in 2003, as one of its WTO membership commitments. Armenian delegations attended committee’s meetings in 2009 and 2010 as well as held talks with the United States, Switzerland, Japan, Norway and other WTO member countries. The issue is also on the agenda of negotiations on comprehensive free trade agreement between Armenia and the EU. It’s worth noting that WTO director general Pascal Lamy and other officials praised Armenia’s activity for the purpose.   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 Power of One Dram sums up two-year program with Teach for Armenia  Idram Junior also joined the companies during the visit, bringing with it a fascinating intellectual game for childrenYerevan Mayor to travel to Paris on May 15-19 The official delegation headed by Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan will travel to Paris from May 15 to 19.Armenia, India hold first defense consultations The meeting was attended by Indian Ambassador Nilakshi Saha Sinha and Defense Attaché Brigadier General Naveen Nijhawan.Civil disobedience campaigns continue in Yerevan People demanding Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s resignation again blocked streets in Yerevan on May 15. |
