Lithuanian President tours Yerevan Brandy Company May 5, 2011 - 17:44 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On May 5, as part of her working visit to Armenia, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė toured Yerevan Brandy Company (YBC). The delegation led by Grybauskaitė visited the Ageing Cellar of YBC, where she was briefed on the history and production facilities of Ararat Armenian brandy. The Lithuanian President stopped at the Peace Barrel founded in 2001 in honor of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs who visited the factory in 2001. The barrel is called “Peace” as it will be opened when the Karabakh conflict is resolved. According to a tradition, YBC presented Grybauskaitė with a 400-liter barrel full of brandy spirit. She is the 20th President who has a personal barrel in Yerevan Brandy Company. It is noteworthy that YBC, the exclusive producer of Ararat brandies, exports more than 100 000l of brandy to the Baltic States. 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |