Significant increase in Armenia-Belarus product turnovers reported over last 10 yearsMay 18, 2011 - 20:00 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - During his official visit to Belarus, Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan met with Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko. At the meeting, Lukashenko expressed confidence for Sargsan's visit to further stimulate the development of bilateral ties. As Belarus President noted, over the last 10 years, the product turnover between the two states increased by 15 times. The Prime Minister, in turn, stressed that the high level of the political dialogue between the two countries must promote further progress in economy cooperation, Armenian government press service reported. 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 border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. “Great success”: Pashinyan pleased with new border protocol Pashinyan has described the signing by Armenia and Azerbaijan of a protocol on delimitation in Tavush as “a great success”. Armenia, Azerbaijan sign protocol on demarcation coordinates Armenia’s government took on May 15 another step towards handing over four border areas to Azerbaijan. U.S. warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west Georgia has been warned by the U.S. not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow. |