Turkey, Azerbaijan want BSEC ring highway to bypass Armenia May 25, 2011 - 11:24 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The building of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) ring highway is hampered by Turkey and Azerbaijan's attempts to build the highway bypassing Armenia, said the chairman of the National Assembly's Standing Committee on Financial-Credit, Budgetary and Economic Affairs. “However, other participant countries believe that it would contradict the principles of the organization,” Gagik Minasyan told a press conference in Yerevan on May 25 . BSEC Memorandum of Understanding for the coordinated development of the Black Sea Ring Highway provides 7140 km long highway construction. The main route will include following cities: Istanbul (Turkey), Samsun (Turkey), Trabzon (Turkey), Batumi (Georgia), Poti (Georgia), Novorossiysk (Russia), Rostov-on-Don (Russia), Taganrog (Russia), Mariupol (Ukraine), Melitopol (Ukraine), Odessa (Ukraine), Chisinau (Moldova), Bucharest (Romania), Constantza (Romania), Haskovo (Bulgaria), Edirne (Turkey), Komotini (Greece), Alexandropoulis (Greece), Istanbul (Turkey). The Memorandum of Understanding for the coordinated development of the Black Sea Ring Highway was signed in Belgrade on April 19, 2007, and came into force on November 1, 2008. BSEC was founded on June 5, 1998. The organization incorporates Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Greece, Georgia, Moldova, Russia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine. 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. |