Food safety new concept discussed in YerevanMarch 11, 2011 - 12:16 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Public hearings on the new concept of food safety are being held in Yerevan. As Secretary of the National Security Council Arthur Baghdasaryan said in his opening remarks, the concept will be officially debated and adopted in the first half of the current year. “There is a world tendency to a strategic approach to food-related problems,” he said, voicing hope that public hearings will help improve the concept and calling on public NGOs and international organizations to make proposals on the matter. For his part, Agriculture Minister Sergo Karapetyan emphasized that food industry is one of the vital sectors of human life. 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 | Armenia PM meets Iran’s Supreme Leader in Tehran Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a meeting with Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Seyyed Ali Khamenei Ruling MP accuses opposition of “serving other countries' interests” Khachatur Sukiasyan has accused Armenia’s opposition of serving the interests of other countries Protest leader vows to achieve departure of Armenian authorities According to Archbishop Bagrat, there is only one solution to the situation in Armenia. Heads of Armenian, Ukrainian parliaments hold virtual talks Alen Simonyan and Ruslan Stefanchuk held talks via video conference on Tuesday, May 21. |