Armenia to participate in Poland-hosted Economic ForumSeptember 5, 2011 - 18:28 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia will participate in 21st Economic Forum due in Krynica Zdroj, Poland on September 7-9, 2011. The Forum, listed among the most significant political and economic events, will host 3-4 thousand politicians and financial experts. South Caucasus within New Geopolitical Framework session will be held on the sidelines of the event. The session will be headed Ashot Grigorian, the Chairman of the Forum of Armenian Associations in Europe (FAAE), with Artak Davdyan, the Chairman of the NA Standing Committee on Science, Education, Culture, Youth and Sport and Eduard Sandoyan, the Pro-rector of Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University participating in the discussion along with Azerbaijani, Georgian and Iranian politicians, FAAE 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 | 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. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |