Japanese Ambassador to Armenia ready to expand bilateral tiesNovember 9, 2011 - 15:39 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan met with newly-appointed Japanese Ambassador to Armenia, Tikahito Harada. Head of Armenian government congratulated the diplomat on his appointment and expressed confidence that latter will contribute to strengthening of Armenian-Japanese cooperation in different fields. The officials stressed that Armenian-Japanese ties possess great potential and have developed dynamically for the past years. “Armenia will take every effort to expand and strengthen mutually beneficial bilateral cooperation in political, economic, cultural and other fields,” Prime Minister said. Tigran Sargsyan thanked Japanese government for the assistance extended in various fields and attached importance to exchange of information regarding business opportunities. Tikahito Harada, in turn, expressed readiness to foster furthering of Armenian-Japanese ties. Issues related to seismic safety, struggle against natural disasters and other fields were on the meeting agenda, governmental 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 | 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. |